2019
Emergence of preconfigured and plastic time-compressed sequences in early postnatal development
Farooq U, Dragoi G. Emergence of preconfigured and plastic time-compressed sequences in early postnatal development. Science 2019, 363: 168-173. PMID: 30630930, PMCID: PMC6794005, DOI: 10.1126/science.aav0502.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCritical cognitive functionsEpisodic memory formationHippocampal neuronal ensemblesMemory episodesCognitive functionMemory formationPostnatal week 4Postnatal week 3Neuronal ensemblesEarly postnatal developmentElectrophysiological activityNaïve ratsWeek 4Hippocampal neuronsPostnatal developmentWeek 3Eye openingFirst dayEncodingSequential patternsLinear environmentSleepReplay
2017
Impaired Tuning of Neural Ensembles and the Pathophysiology of Schizophrenia: A Translational and Computational Neuroscience Perspective
Krystal JH, Anticevic A, Yang GJ, Dragoi G, Driesen NR, Wang XJ, Murray JD. Impaired Tuning of Neural Ensembles and the Pathophysiology of Schizophrenia: A Translational and Computational Neuroscience Perspective. Biological Psychiatry 2017, 81: 874-885. PMID: 28434616, PMCID: PMC5407407, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.01.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeural activityNeural ensemblesComputational neuroscience perspectiveHigher cognitive functionsNeuroscience perspectiveDevelopmental perspectiveDevelopmental correlatesCognitive functionNegative functional consequencesCortical networksComputational neuroscienceNeural codeCortical activityCognitive impairmentNeural dysfunctionAspartate glutamate receptor antagonistTemporal tuningSpatial tuningGlutamate receptor antagonistsPathophysiology of schizophreniaNeural network functionSchizophreniaPsychiatric disordersBalance of excitationInput-output curves