2023
Rapid fluctuations in functional connectivity of cortical networks encode spontaneous behavior
Benisty H, Barson D, Moberly A, Lohani S, Tang L, Coifman R, Crair M, Mishne G, Cardin J, Higley M. Rapid fluctuations in functional connectivity of cortical networks encode spontaneous behavior. Nature Neuroscience 2023, 27: 148-158. PMID: 38036743, PMCID: PMC11316935, DOI: 10.1038/s41593-023-01498-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional connectivitySpontaneous behaviorCortical networksCortical network activityTime-varying functional connectivityFunctional magnetic resonanceCerebral cortexAwake miceDynamic functional connectivityAwake animalsNeighboring neuronsPatterned activityDistinct behavioral statesTwo-photon microscopyNeural activityCortical signalsBehavioral statesCortexNetwork activityCortical dynamicsMagnetic resonance
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
2009
Pinacidil induces vascular dilation and hyperemia in vivo and does not impact biophysical properties of neurons and astrocytes in vitro
Cao R, Higashikubo B, Cardin J, Knoblich U, Ramos R, Nelson M, Moore C, Brumberg J. Pinacidil induces vascular dilation and hyperemia in vivo and does not impact biophysical properties of neurons and astrocytes in vitro. Cleveland Clinic Journal Of Medicine 2009, 76: s80-s85. PMID: 19380306, PMCID: PMC4406396, DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.76.s2.16.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood volumeApplication of pinacidilWhole-cell recordingsLocal blood volumeFunctional hyperemiaVascular dilationNeocortical slicesAnesthetized ratsAwake miceSmooth muscleSelective agonistPinacidilImpact of hemodynamicsIntrinsic modulatorHyperemiaNeural activityVasodilationNeuronsVivoBiophysical propertiesNeural systemsHemodynamicsAgonistsNeocortexRats