Degenerate neuronal and circuit mechanisms important for generating rhythmic motor patterns

RL Calabrese, E Marder - Physiological reviews, 2025 - journals.physiology.org
In 1996, we published a review article (Marder E, Calabrese RL. Physiol Rev 76: 687–717,
1996) describing the state of knowledge about the structure and function of the central …

Local extracellular K+ in cortex regulates norepinephrine levels, network state, and behavioral output

AG Dietz, P Weikop, N Hauglund… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Extracellular potassium concentration ([K+] e) is known to increase as a function of
arousal.[K+] e is also a potent modulator of transmitter release. Yet, it is not known whether …

The Brain's Best Kept Secret Is Its Degenerate Structure

L Albantakis, C Bernard, N Brenner, E Marder… - Journal of …, 2024 - jneurosci.org
Degeneracy is defined as multiple sets of solutions that can produce very similar system
performance. Degeneracy is seen across phylogenetic scales, in all kinds of organisms. In …

Gating of homeostatic regulation of intrinsic excitability produces cryptic long-term storage of prior perturbations

LM Alonso, MCP Rue, E Marder - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Neurons and neuronal circuits must maintain their function throughout the life of the
organism despite changing environments. Previous theoretical and experimental work …

Individual variability, statistics, and the resilience of nervous systems of crabs and humans to temperature and other perturbations

E Marder - Eneuro, 2023 - eneuro.org
Every so often, I conclude that life is not possible. It is not uncommon for me to walk out of a
seminar about the pathways and dynamics of biochemical signaling or the structure of …

Intrinsic adaptive plasticity in mouse and human sensory neurons

LA McIlvried, JS Del Rosario, MY Pullen… - Journal of General …, 2025 - rupress.org
In response to changes in activity induced by environmental cues, neurons in the central
nervous system undergo homeostatic plasticity to sustain overall network function during …

Hibernation reduces GABA signaling in the brainstem to enhance motor activity of breathing at cool temperatures

SE Saunders, JM Santin - BMC biology, 2024 - Springer
Background Neural circuits produce reliable activity patterns despite disturbances in the
environment. For this to occur, neurons elicit synaptic plasticity during perturbations …

[HTML][HTML] Intrinsic Homeostatic Plasticity in Mouse and Human Sensory Neurons

LA McIlvried, JS Del Rosario, MY Pullen, A Wangzhou… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In response to changes in activity induced by environmental cues, neurons in the central
nervous system undergo homeostatic plasticity to sustain overall network function during …

Hibernation reduces GABA signaling in the brainstem to enhance motor activity of breathing at cool temperatures

SE Saunders, JM Santin - bioRxiv, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Neural circuits produce reliable activity patterns despite disturbances in the
environment. For this to occur, neurons elicit synaptic plasticity during perturbations …