Decoding dynamic brain patterns from evoked responses: A tutorial on multivariate pattern analysis applied to time series neuroimaging data

T Grootswagers, SG Wardle… - Journal of cognitive …, 2017 - direct.mit.edu
Multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) or brain decoding methods have become standard
practice in analyzing fMRI data. Although decoding methods have been extensively applied …

Thalamic amplification of cortical connectivity sustains attentional control

LI Schmitt, RD Wimmer, M Nakajima, M Happ… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Although interactions between the thalamus and cortex are critical for cognitive function,,,
the exact contribution of the thalamus to these interactions remains unclear. Recent studies …

Human hippocampal and entorhinal neurons encode the temporal structure of experience

P Tacikowski, G Kalender, D Ciliberti, I Fried - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Extracting the underlying temporal structure of experience is a fundamental aspect of
learning and memory that allows us to predict what is likely to happen next. Current …

Decoding internally generated transitions of conscious contents in the prefrontal cortex without subjective reports

V Kapoor, A Dwarakanath, S Safavi, J Werner… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
A major debate about the neural correlates of conscious perception concerns its cortical
organization, namely, whether it includes the prefrontal cortex (PFC), which mediates …

Thalamic regulation of switching between cortical representations enables cognitive flexibility

RV Rikhye, A Gilra, MM Halassa - Nature neuroscience, 2018 - nature.com
Interactions between the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and mediodorsal thalamus are critical for
cognitive flexibility, yet the underlying computations are unknown. To investigate …

Thalamic circuits for independent control of prefrontal signal and noise

A Mukherjee, NH Lam, RD Wimmer, MM Halassa - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Interactions between the mediodorsal thalamus and the prefrontal cortex are critical for
cognition. Studies in humans indicate that these interactions may resolve uncertainty in …

A cognitive process occurring during sleep is revealed by rapid eye movements

Y Senzai, M Scanziani - Science, 2022 - science.org
Since the discovery of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, the nature of the eye movements
that characterize this sleep phase has remained elusive. Do they reveal gaze shifts in the …

Prefrontal cortex regulates sensory filtering through a basal ganglia-to-thalamus pathway

M Nakajima, LI Schmitt, MM Halassa - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
To make adaptive decisions, organisms must appropriately filter sensory inputs, augmenting
relevant signals and suppressing noise. The prefrontal cortex (PFC) partly implements this …

Dynamic population coding and its relationship to working memory

EM Meyers - Journal of neurophysiology, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
For over 45 years, neuroscientists have conducted experiments aimed at understanding the
neural basis of working memory. Early results examining individual neurons highlighted that …

Probing subthreshold dynamics of hippocampal neurons by pulsed optogenetics

M Valero, I Zutshi, E Yoon, G Buzsáki - Science, 2022 - science.org
Understanding how excitatory (E) and inhibitory (I) inputs are integrated by neurons requires
monitoring their subthreshold behavior. We probed the subthreshold dynamics using …