Rhythms are a fundamental and defining feature of neuronal activity in animals including
humans. This rhythmic brain activity interacts in complex ways with rhythms in the internal …

A widely discussed hypothesis in neuroscience is that transiently active ensembles of
neurons, known as" cell assemblies," underlie numerous operations of the brain, from …

Currently there is no general approach for achieving specific optogenetic control of
genetically defined cell types in rats, which provide a powerful experimental system for …

In the mammalian brain, sensory cortices exhibit plasticity during task learning, but how this
alters information transferred between connected cortical areas remains unknown. We found …

The mesocorticolimbic system, consisting, at its core, of the ventral tegmental area, the
nucleus accumbens, and medial prefrontal cortex, has historically been investigated …

A key challenge in neuroscience is understanding how neurons in hundreds of
interconnected brain regions integrate sensory inputs with prior expectations to initiate …

Animals are not passive spectators of the sensory world in which they live. In natural
conditions they often sense objects on the bases of expectations initiated by predictive cues …

The insular cortex is the primary cortical site devoted to taste processing. A large body of
evidence is available for how insular neurons respond to gustatory stimulation in both …

Visual, auditory, and somatosensory cortices are topographically organized, with neurons
responding to similar sensory features clustering in adjacent portions of the cortex. Such …

Words such as cognition, motivation and emotion powerfully guide theory development and
the overall aims and goals of behavioral neuroscience research. Once such concepts are …