2024
Pan-cortical 2-photon mesoscopic imaging and neurobehavioral alignment in awake, behaving mice
Vickers E, McCormick D. Pan-cortical 2-photon mesoscopic imaging and neurobehavioral alignment in awake, behaving mice. ELife 2024, 13: rp94167. PMID: 38808733, PMCID: PMC11136495, DOI: 10.7554/elife.94167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTask-specific cognitive demandsNeural activityFlow of neural activityTask-dependent behaviorsRegions of cortexCognitive demandsSensory discriminationMouse dorsalCortical areasBehavior primitivesMesoscopic imagingPopulations of neuronsNeural ensemblesLateral neocortexSimultaneous accessImage dataInternal stateNeuron resolutionNeocortexMiceActivation motifNeuronsSpontaneous changesArousalCortexPan-cortical 2-photon mesoscopic imaging and neurobehavioral alignment in awake, behaving mice
Vickers E, McCormick D. Pan-cortical 2-photon mesoscopic imaging and neurobehavioral alignment in awake, behaving mice. ELife 2024, 13 DOI: 10.7554/elife.94167.3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTask-specific cognitive demandsNeural activityFlow of neural activityTask-dependent behaviorsRegions of cortexCognitive demandsIn vivo preparationsSensory discriminationMouse dorsalCortical areasPopulations of neuronsBehavior primitivesNeural ensemblesLateral neocortexMesoscopic imagingSimultaneous accessInternal stateNeuron resolutionImage dataNeocortexMiceActivation motifNeuronsSpontaneous changesArousal
2015
Competing Neural Ensembles in Motor Cortex Gate Goal-Directed Motor Output
Zagha E, Ge X, McCormick DA. Competing Neural Ensembles in Motor Cortex Gate Goal-Directed Motor Output. Neuron 2015, 88: 565-577. PMID: 26593093, PMCID: PMC4660255, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.09.044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPopulations of neuronsAnticipation of movementMotor cortexCortical neuronsCortical circuitsIntracellular techniquesUnit recordingsNeural ensemblesMotor outputNeuronsSensory stimuliNeural activityMotor representationsSensory detection taskMotor commandsFuture studiesTask-related neural dynamicsCortexMiceCellular activities