Multiregion neuronal activity: the forest and the trees

TA Machado, IV Kauvar, K Deisseroth - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2022 - nature.com
The past decade has witnessed remarkable advances in the simultaneous measurement of
neuronal activity across many brain regions, enabling fundamentally new explorations of the …

All-optical interrogation of neural circuits in behaving mice

LE Russell, HWP Dalgleish, R Nutbrown, OM Gauld… - Nature protocols, 2022 - nature.com
Recent advances combining two-photon calcium imaging and two-photon optogenetics with
computer-generated holography now allow us to read and write the activity of large …

Pyramidal cell types drive functionally distinct cortical activity patterns during decision-making

S Musall, XR Sun, H Mohan, X An, S Gluf, SJ Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding how cortical circuits generate complex behavior requires investigating the
cell types that comprise them. Functional differences across pyramidal neuron (PyN) types …

[HTML][HTML] Wide-field calcium imaging of neuronal network dynamics in vivo

AK Nietz, LS Popa, ML Streng, RE Carter… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary We review advances in the properties of calcium sensors, microscopy, and
data analysis that have brought about the ability to image large contiguous regions of the …

A genetically defined tecto-thalamic pathway drives a system of superior-colliculus-dependent visual cortices

JM Brenner, R Beltramo, CR Gerfen, S Ruediger… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Cortical responses to visual stimuli are believed to rely on the geniculo-striate pathway.
However, recent work has challenged this notion by showing that responses in the …

[HTML][HTML] Precise movement-based predictions in the mouse auditory cortex

NJ Audette, WX Zhou, A La Chioma, DM Schneider - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Many of the sensations experienced by an organism are caused by their own actions, and
accurately anticipating both the sensory features and timing of self-generated stimuli is …

Neurophotonic tools for microscopic measurements and manipulation: status report

AS Abdelfattah, S Ahuja, T Akkin, SR Allu… - …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Neurophotonics was launched in 2014 coinciding with the launch of the BRAIN Initiative
focused on development of technologies for advancement of neuroscience. For the last …

MesoNet allows automated scaling and segmentation of mouse mesoscale cortical maps using machine learning

D **ao, BJ Forys, MP Vanni, TH Murphy - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Understanding the basis of brain function requires knowledge of cortical operations over
wide spatial scales and the quantitative analysis of brain activity in well-defined brain …

Identifying dysfunctional cell types and circuits in animal models for psychiatric disorders with calcium imaging

MM Gergues, LK Lalani, MA Kheirbek - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2024 - nature.com
A central goal of neuroscience is to understand how the brain transforms external stimuli
and internal bodily signals into patterns of activity that underlie cognition, emotional states …

Virtual reality-based real-time imaging reveals abnormal cortical dynamics during behavioral transitions in a mouse model of autism

N Nakai, M Sato, O Yamashita, Y Sekine, X Fu, J Nakai… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Functional connectivity (FC) can provide insight into cortical circuit dysfunction in
neuropsychiatric disorders. However, dynamic changes in FC related to locomotion with …