Emergence of cortical network motifs for short-term memory during learning

XW Chia, JK Tan, LF Ang, T Kamigaki… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Learning of adaptive behaviors requires the refinement of coordinated activity across
multiple brain regions. However, how neural communications develop during learning …

Synaptic wiring motifs in posterior parietal cortex support decision-making

AT Kuan, G Bondanelli, LN Driscoll, J Han, M Kim… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The posterior parietal cortex exhibits choice-selective activity during perceptual decision-
making tasks,,,,,,,,–. However, it is not known how this selective activity arises from the …

Individual variability of neural computations underlying flexible decisions

M Pagan, VD Tang, MC Aoi, JW Pillow, V Mante… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The ability to flexibly switch our response to external stimuli according to contextual
information is critical for successful interactions with a complex world. Context-dependent …

Wide-field imaging in behaving mice as a tool to study cognitive function

A Gilad - Neurophotonics, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Cognitive functions are mediated through coordinated and dynamic neuronal responses that
involve many different areas across the brain. Therefore, it is of high interest to …

Regularizing hyperparameters of interacting neural signals in the mouse cortex reflect states of arousal

DR Lyamzin, A Alamia, M Abdolrahmani… - PLOS Computational …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
In natural behaviors, multiple neural signals simultaneously drive activation across
overlapping brain networks. Due to limitations in the amount of data that can be acquired in …

Sensorimotor environment but not task rule reconfigures population dynamics in rhesus monkey posterior parietal cortex

H Guo, S Kuang, A Gail - Nature Communications, 2025 - nature.com
Primates excel at mapping sensory inputs flexibly onto motor outcomes. We asked if the
neural dynamics to support context-sensitive sensorimotor mapping generalizes or differs …

Efficient coding of natural images in the mouse visual cortex

F Bolaños, JG Orlandi, R Aoki, AV Jagadeesh… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
How the activity of neurons gives rise to natural vision remains a matter of intense
investigation. The mid-level visual areas along the ventral stream are selective to a common …

Dynamics and maintenance of categorical responses in primary auditory cortex during task engagement

RK Chillale, S Shamma, S Ostojic, Y Boubenec - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Grouping sets of sounds into relevant categories is an important cognitive ability that
enables the association of stimuli with appropriate goal-directed behavioral responses. In …

Studying decision making in rats using a contextual visual discrimination task: Detection and prevention of alternative behavioral strategies

A Amir, DB Headley, MM Herzallah, A Karki… - Journal of Neuroscience …, 2025 - Elsevier
Background The neural bases of decision-making and contextual sensory discriminations
have traditionally been studied in primates, highlighting the role of the prefrontal cortex in …

Separating cognitive and motor processes in the behaving mouse

MA Hasnain, JE Birnbaum, JL Ugarte Nunez… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
The cognitive processes supporting complex animal behavior are closely associated with
movements responsible for critical processes, such as facial expressions or the active …