2022
Spatiotemporally heterogeneous coordination of cholinergic and neocortical activity
Lohani S, Moberly A, Benisty H, Landa B, Jing M, Li Y, Higley M, Cardin J. Spatiotemporally heterogeneous coordination of cholinergic and neocortical activity. Nature Neuroscience 2022, 25: 1706-1713. PMID: 36443609, PMCID: PMC10661869, DOI: 10.1038/s41593-022-01202-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCortical network activityBehavioral statesCholinergic modulationAnimal's behavioral stateCholinergic signalingAwake miceCortical functionFunctional reorganizationNeuromodulatory influencesDifferent motor behaviorsNeocortical activityAcetylcholineMotor behaviorCortical networksRecent evidenceBrain activityFunctional segregationNeocortexMesoscopic imagingHeterogeneous signalsNetwork activityBehavioral markersBehavioral variablesCircuit dynamicsCholinergic
2020
NMDAR-Dependent Emergence of Behavioral Representation in Primary Visual Cortex
Puścian A, Benisty H, Higley MJ. NMDAR-Dependent Emergence of Behavioral Representation in Primary Visual Cortex. Cell Reports 2020, 32: 107970. PMID: 32726633, PMCID: PMC7431963, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107970.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary visual cortexVisual cortexNMDA-type glutamate receptorsNeocortical sensory areasFunctional plasticityConsiderable functional plasticityPyramidal cellsGlutamate receptorsCell-autonomous expressionV1 neuronsVisual task performanceSensory areasExperience-dependent emergenceCortical networksBehavioral outputCortexVisual inputBehavioral demandsMiceNeuronsReceptors
2019
Simultaneous mesoscopic and two-photon imaging of neuronal activity in cortical circuits
Barson D, Hamodi AS, Shen X, Lur G, Constable RT, Cardin JA, Crair MC, Higley MJ. Simultaneous mesoscopic and two-photon imaging of neuronal activity in cortical circuits. Nature Methods 2019, 17: 107-113. PMID: 31686040, PMCID: PMC6946863, DOI: 10.1038/s41592-019-0625-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVasoactive intestinal peptide-expressing interneuronsBrain-wide network dynamicsTwo-photon calcium imagingEntire cortical mantleLocal neuronal circuitsLong-range cortical networksWidespread gene deliveryWidefield calciumPyramidal neuronsAwake miceCortical circuitsNeuronal activityCortical mantleTwo-photon imagingViral transduction methodsNeuronal circuitsCalcium imagingMouse brainFunctional connectivityLocal microcircuitsMammalian cortexCortical architectureCortical networksBrainActivity propagates
2011
Determination of Cortical Circuit Function Using Current Source-Density Analysis In Vivo
Higley M. Determination of Cortical Circuit Function Using Current Source-Density Analysis In Vivo. Neuromethods 2011, 67: 205-218. DOI: 10.1007/7657_2011_6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCurrent source density analysisLocal field potentialsSource density analysisCortical circuit functionPathological activity patternsSmall neuronal populationsExtracellular current sinksRodent neocortexSynaptic activityRelative technical easeNeuronal populationsCognitive functionNeural synaptic activityCortical networksTechnical easeMotor planningField potentialsCircuit functionCSD analysisFunctional mapsSensory encodingActivity patternsVivoCurrent sinkLFP signals