The unimodal distribution of sub-threshold, ongoing activity in cortical networks.

abstract：:A moving visual figure may contain first-order signals defined by variation in mean luminance, as well as second-order signals defined by constant mean luminance and variation in luminance envelope, or higher-order signals that cannot be estimated by taking higher moments of the luminance distribution. Separating thes...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Aptekar JW,Keles MF,Mongeau JM,Lu PM,Frye MA,Shoemaker PA

更新日期：2014-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past decade, much has been elucidated regarding the functional organization of the axonal connection of olfactory sensory neurons to olfactory bulb (OB) glomeruli. However, the manner in which projection neurons of the OB process odorant input and send this information to higher brain centers remains unclear. H...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Nagayama S,Enerva A,Fletcher ML,Masurkar AV,Igarashi KM,Mori K,Chen WR

更新日期：2010-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Short-term synaptic plasticity (STP) sets the sensitivity of a synapse to incoming activity and determines the temporal patterns that it best transmits. In "driver" thalamocortical (TC) synaptic populations, STP is dominated by depression during stimulation from rest. However, during ongoing stimulation, lemniscal TC ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Ferrati G,Martini FJ,Maravall M

更新日期：2016-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Recording of identified neuronal network activity using genetically encoded calcium indicators (GECIs) requires labeling that is cell type-specific and bright enough for the detection of functional signals. However, specificity and strong expression are often not achievable using the same promoter. Here we present a c...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Kuhn B,Ozden I,Lampi Y,Hasan MT,Wang SS

更新日期：2012-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Local field potentials (LFPs) in cortex reflect synchronous fluctuations in the synaptic activity of local populations of neurons. The power of high frequency (>30 Hz) oscillations in LFPs is locked to the phase of low frequency (<30 Hz) oscillations, an effect known as phase-amplitude coupling (PAC). While PAC has be...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Esghaei M,Daliri MR,Treue S

更新日期：2015-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The firing rates of neurons in primate motor cortex have been related to multiple parameters of voluntary movement. This finding has been corroborated by stimulation-based studies that have mapped complex movements in rodent and primate motor cortex. However, it has been difficult to link the movement tuning of a neur...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Harrison TC,Murphy TH

更新日期：2013-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Both abnormalities of resting-state cerebral blood flow (CBF) and functional connectivity in Wilson's disease (WD) have been identified by several studies. Whether the coupling of CBF and functional connectivity is imbalanced in WD remains largely unknown. To assess this possibility, 27 patients with WD and 27 sex- an...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Hu S,Wu H,Xu C,Wang A,Wang Y,Shen T,Huang F,Kan H,Li C

更新日期：2019-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests that parallel synapses from the same axonal branch onto the same dendritic branch have almost identical strength. It has been proposed that this alignment is only possible through learning rules that integrate activity over long time spans. However, learning mechanisms such as spike-timing-dep...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Hartmann C,Miner DC,Triesch J

更新日期：2016-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2018.00028.]. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Wen TC,Lall S,Pagnotta C,Markward J,Gupta D,Ratnadurai-Giridharan S,Bucci J,Greenwald L,Klugman M,Hill NJ,Carmel JB

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods of functional connectivity are applied ubiquitously in studies involving non-invasive whole-brain signals, but may be not optimal for exploring the propagation of the steady-state responses, which are strong oscillatory patterns of neurodynamics evoked by periodic stimulation. In our study, we explore a functi...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Vakorin VA,Ross B,Doesburg SM,Ribary U,McIntosh AR

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Research efforts over the past decades have unraveled both genetic and environmental factors, which contribute to the development of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). It is, to date, largely unknown how different underlying causes result in a common phenotype. However, the individual course of development and the diffe...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Schoen M,Asoglu H,Bauer HF,Müller HP,Abaei A,Sauer AK,Zhang R,Song TJ,Bockmann J,Kassubek J,Rasche V,Grabrucker AM,Boeckers TM

更新日期：2019-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the discovery of grid cells in rat entorhinal cortex, many models of their hexagonally arrayed spatial firing fields have been suggested. We review the models and organize them according to the mechanisms they use to encode position, update the positional code, read it out in the spatial grid pattern, and learn ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Zilli EA

更新日期：2012-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The perirhinal (PER) and entorhinal cortex (EC) receive input from the agranular insular cortex (AiP) and the subcortical lateral amygdala (LA) and the main output area is the hippocampus. Information transfer through the PER/EC network however, is not always guaranteed. It is hypothesized that this network actively r...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Willems JG,Wadman WJ,Cappaert NL

更新日期：2016-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitral and tufted cells (MTCs) of the mammalian olfactory bulb are connected via dendrodendritic synapses with inhibitory interneurons in the external plexiform layer. The range, spatial layout, and temporal properties of inhibitory interactions between MTCs mediated by inhibitory interneurons remain unclear. Therefor...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Lehmann A,D'Errico A,Vogel M,Spors H

更新日期：2016-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The integration of the visual stimulus takes place at the level of the neocortex, organized in anatomically distinct and functionally unique areas. Primates, including humans, are heavily dependent on vision, with approximately 50% of their neocortical surface dedicated to visual processing and possess many more visua...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Homman-Ludiye J,Bourne JA

更新日期：2014-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescent calcium (Ca(2+)) indicator proteins (FCIPs) are promising tools for functional imaging of cellular activity in living animals. However, they have still not reached their full potential for in vivo imaging of neuronal activity due to limitations in expression levels, dynamic range, and sensitivity for repor...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Lütcke H,Murayama M,Hahn T,Margolis DJ,Astori S,Zum Alten Borgloh SM,Göbel W,Yang Y,Tang W,Kügler S,Sprengel R,Nagai T,Miyawaki A,Larkum ME,Helmchen F,Hasan MT

更新日期：2010-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Open-source software development has skyrocketed in part due to community tools like github.com, which allows publication of code as well as the ability to create branches and push accepted modifications back to the original repository. As the number and size of EM-based datasets increases, the connectomics community ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Katz WT,Plaza SM

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In drug users, drug-related cues alone can induce dopamine release in the dorsal striatum. Instructive cues activate inputs to the striatum from both dopaminergic and cholinergic neurons, which are thought to work together to support motor learning and motivated behaviors. Imbalances in these neuromodulatory influence...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Crittenden JR,Lacey CJ,Lee T,Bowden HA,Graybiel AM

更新日期：2014-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The medial part of the olfactory tubercle (OT) is a brain structure located at the interface of the reward and olfactory system. It is closely related to pheromone-rewards, natural reinforcement, addiction and many other behaviors. However, the structure of the anatomic circuitry of the medial part of the OT is still ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Zhang Z,Zhang H,Wen P,Zhu X,Wang L,Liu Q,Wang J,He X,Wang H,Xu F

更新日期：2017-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-photon imaging has become a useful tool for optical monitoring of neural circuits, but it requires high laser power and serial scanning of each pixel in a sample. This results in slow imaging rates, limiting the measurements of fast signals such as neuronal activity. To improve the speed and signal-to-noise ratio ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Watson BO,Nikolenko V,Yuste R

更新日期：2009-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The central vocal pathway of the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, is a powerful vertebrate model to understand mechanisms underlying central pattern generation. However, fast and efficient methods of introducing exogenous genes into the neurons of adult X. laevis are currently not available. Here, we systematicall...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Yamaguchi A,Woller DJ,Rodrigues P

更新日期：2018-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, we provide a brief overview over the current knowledge about the role of dopamine transmission in the prefrontal cortex during learning and memory. We discuss work in humans, monkeys, rats, and birds in order to provide a basis for comparison across species that might help identify crucial features and...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Puig MV,Rose J,Schmidt R,Freund N

更新日期：2014-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:FOXP2 is a transcription factor functionally relevant for learned vocalizations in humans and songbirds. In songbirds, FoxP2 mRNA expression in the medium spiny neurons of the basal ganglia song nucleus Area X is developmentally regulated and varies with singing conditions in different social contexts. How individual ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Thompson CK,Schwabe F,Schoof A,Mendoza E,Gampe J,Rochefort C,Scharff C

更新日期：2013-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Spike-timing dependent plasticity (STDP) is a biologically constrained unsupervised form of learning that potentiates or depresses synaptic connections based on the precise timing of pre-synaptic and post-synaptic firings. The effects of on-going STDP on the topology of evolving model neural networks were assessed in ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Stone DB,Tesche CD

更新日期：2013-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a public health problem worldwide. There is increasing interest in using non-invasive therapies such as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to treat MDD. However, the changes induced by rTMS on neural circuits remain poorly characterized. The present study a...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Pathak Y,Salami O,Baillet S,Li Z,Butson CR

更新日期：2016-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The human cerebral cortex is highly convoluted as convex gyri and concave sulci. In the past decades, extensive studies have consistently revealed substantial differences between gyri and sulci in terms of genetics, anatomy, morphology, axonal fiber connections, and function. Although interesting findings have been re...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Yang S,Zhao Z,Cui H,Zhang T,Zhao L,He Z,Liu H,Guo L,Liu T,Becker B,Kendrick KM,Jiang X

更新日期：2019-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple components of "γ-oscillations" between 30-170 Hz in the CA1 region of the hippocampus have been described, based on their coherence with oscillations in other brain regions and on their cross-frequency coupling with local θ-oscillations. However, it remains unclear whether the different sub-bands are generate...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Balakrishnan S,Pearce RA

更新日期：2015-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary (S1) and secondary (S2) somatosensory cortices project to several trigeminal sensory nuclei. One putative function of these corticofugal projections is the gating of sensory transmission through the trigeminal principal nucleus (Pr5), and some have proposed that S1 and S2 project differentially to the spin...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Smith JB,Watson GD,Alloway KD,Schwarz C,Chakrabarti S

更新日期：2015-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have made use of the δ subunit-selective allosteric modulator DS2 (4-chloro-N-[2-(2-thienyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-3-yl benzamide) to assay the contribution of δ-GABAARs to tonic and phasic conductance changes in the cerebellum, thalamus and neocortex. In cerebellar granule cells, an enhancement of the tonic conduc...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Ye Z,McGee TP,Houston CM,Brickley SG

更新日期：2013-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotonin (5-HT) selectively excites subpopulations of pyramidal neurons in the neocortex via activation of 5-HT2A (2A) receptors coupled to Gq subtype G-protein alpha subunits. Gq-mediated excitatory responses have been attributed primarily to suppression of potassium conductances, including those mediated by KV7 pot...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Stephens EK,Baker AL,Gulledge AT

更新日期：2018-01-18 00:00:00