Touch and Tactile Neuropathic Pain Sensitivity Are Set by Corticospinal Projections
Current models of somatosensory perception emphasize transmission from primary sensory neurons to the spinal cord and on to the brain1,2,3,4. Mental influence on…
Liu Y et al. | Nature | September 12, 2018
Calcium Transient Dynamics of Neural Ensembles in the Primary Motor Cortex of Naturally Behaving Monkeys
To understand brain circuits of cognitive behaviors under natural conditions, we developed techniques for imaging neuronal activities from large neuronal populations in…
Kondo T et al. | Cell Reports | August 21, 2018
Simultaneous Optogenetics and Cellular Resolution Calcium Imaging During Active Behavior Using a Miniaturized Microscope
The ability to precisely monitor and manipulate neural circuits is essential to understand the brain. Advancements over the last decade in optical techniques such as…
Stamatakis AM et al. | Frontiers in Neuroscience | July 24, 2018
Dorsal tegmental dopamine neurons gate associative learning of fear
Functional neuroanatomy of Pavlovian fear has identified neuronal circuits and synapses associating conditioned stimuli with aversive events. Hebbian plasticity within…
Groessl F et al. | Nature Neuroscience | June 27, 2018
Hippocampal neurogenesis confers stress resilience by inhibiting the ventral dentate gyrus
Adult neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus is highly regulated by environmental influences, and functionally implicated in behavioural responses to…
Anacker C et al. | Nature | June 27, 2018
MIN1PIPE: A Miniscope 1-Photon-Based Calcium Imaging Signal Extraction Pipeline
In vivo calcium imaging using a 1-photon-based miniscope and a microendoscopic lens enables studies of neural activities in freely behaving animals. However, the high…
Lu J et al. | Cell Reports | June 19, 2018