Identification of a motor-to-auditory pathway important for vocal learning
Learning to vocalize depends on the ability to adaptively modify the temporal and spectral features of vocal elements. Neurons that convey motor-related signals to the…
Roberts TF et al. | Nature Neuroscience | May 15, 2017
Delay activity of specific prefrontal interneuron subtypes modulates memory-guided behavior
Memory-guided behavior requires maintenance of task-relevant information without sensory input, but the underlying circuit mechanism remains unclear. Calcium imaging in…
Kamigaki T et al. | Nature Neuroscience | April 24, 2017
Engrams and circuits crucial for systems consolidation of a memory
Episodic memories initially require rapid synaptic plasticity within the hippocampus for their formation and are gradually consolidated in neocortical networks for…
Kitamura T et al. | Science | April 7, 2017
Active dentate granule cells encode experience to promote the addition of adult-born hippocampal neurons
The continuous addition of new dentate granule cells, exquisitely regulated by brain activity, renders the hippocampus plastic. However, how neural circuits encode…
Kirschen GW et al. | The Journal of Neuroscience | April 3, 2017
In vivo imaging of neural activity
Since the introduction of calcium imaging to monitor neuronal activity with single-cell resolution, optical imaging methods have revolutionized neuroscience by enabling…
Yang W et al. | Nature Methods | March 31, 2017
Neural ensemble dynamics underlying a long-term associative memory
The brain’s ability to associate different stimuli is vital for long-term memory, but how neural ensembles encode associative memories is unknown. Here we studied how…
Grewe BF et al. | Nature | March 22, 2017