The (un) conscious mouse as a model for human brain functions: key principles of anesthesia and their impact on translational neuroimaging

HM Reimann, T Niendorf - Frontiers in systems neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, technical and procedural advances have brought functional magnetic
resonance imaging (fMRI) to the field of murine neuroscience. Due to its unique capacity to …

Early experience shapes vocal neural coding and perception in songbirds

SMN Woolley - Developmental psychobiology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Songbirds, like humans, are highly accomplished vocal learners. The many parallels
between speech and birdsong and conserved features of mammalian and avian auditory …

Cell-type-specific recruitment of amygdala interneurons to hippocampal theta rhythm and noxious stimuli in vivo

TCM Bienvenu, D Busti, PJ Magill, F Ferraguti… - Neuron, 2012 - cell.com
Neuronal synchrony in the basolateral amygdala (BLA) is critical for emotional behavior.
Coordinated theta-frequency oscillations between the BLA and the hippocampus and …

The locus coeruleus is a complex and differentiated neuromodulatory system

NK Totah, RM Neves, S Panzeri, NK Logothetis… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Diffuse projections of locus coeruleus (LC) neurons and evidence of synchronous spiking
have long been perceived as features of global neuromodulation. Recent studies …

Contextual and cross-modality modulation of auditory cortical processing through pulvinar mediated suppression

X Chou, Q Fang, L Yan, W Zhong, B Peng, H Li, J Wei… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Lateral posterior nucleus (LP) of thalamus, the rodent homologue of primate pulvinar,
projects extensively to sensory cortices. However, its functional role in sensory cortical …

Differential receptive field properties of parvalbumin and somatostatin inhibitory neurons in mouse auditory cortex

L Li, XR Xiong, LA Ibrahim, W Yuan, HW Tao… - Cerebral …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Cortical inhibitory circuits play important roles in shaping sensory processing. In auditory
cortex, however, functional properties of genetically identified inhibitory neurons are poorly …

Sparse and background-invariant coding of vocalizations in auditory scenes

DM Schneider, SMN Woolley - Neuron, 2013 - cell.com
Vocal communicators such as humans and songbirds readily recognize individual
vocalizations, even in distracting auditory environments. This perceptual ability is likely …

Coding principles of the canonical cortical microcircuit in the avian brain

A Calabrese, SMN Woolley - Proceedings of the National …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Mammalian neocortex is characterized by a layered architecture and a common or
“canonical” microcircuit governing information flow among layers. This microcircuit is thought …

Awake vs. anesthetized: layer-specific sensory processing in visual cortex and functional connectivity between cortical areas

KK Sellers, DV Bennett, A Hutt… - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
During general anesthesia, global brain activity and behavioral state are profoundly altered.
Yet it remains mostly unknown how anesthetics alter sensory processing across cortical …

Functional response properties of VIP-expressing inhibitory neurons in mouse visual and auditory cortex

L Mesik, W Ma, L Li, LA Ibrahim, ZJ Huang… - Frontiers in neural …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Despite accounting for about 20% of all the layer 2/3 inhibitory interneurons, the vasoactive
intestinal polypeptide (VIP) expressing neurons remain the least thoroughly studied of the …