Hierarchy of transcriptomic specialization across human cortex captured by structural neuroimaging topography
Burt JB, Demirtaş M, Eckner WJ, Navejar NM, Ji JL, Martin WJ, Bernacchia A, Anticevic A, Murray JD. Hierarchy of transcriptomic specialization across human cortex captured by structural neuroimaging topography. Nature Neuroscience 2018, 21: 1251-1259. PMID: 30082915, PMCID: PMC6119093, DOI: 10.1038/s41593-018-0195-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA circuit mechanism for decision-making biases and NMDA receptor hypofunction
Cavanagh SE, Lam NH, Murray JD, Hunt LT, Kennerley SW. A circuit mechanism for decision-making biases and NMDA receptor hypofunction. ELife 2020, 9: e53664. PMID: 32988455, PMCID: PMC7524553, DOI: 10.7554/elife.53664.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNMDA-R hypofunctionCortical excitation/inhibition balanceExcitation/inhibition balanceNMDA receptor hypofunctionNMDA receptor antagonismNMDA-R antagonist ketamineCircuit-level mechanismsPotential neural mechanismsNeuropsychiatric symptomsReceptor hypofunctionReceptor antagonismInhibition balanceExcitatory neuronsInhibitory neuronsPharmacological modelPharmacological manipulationNeuropsychiatric disordersCircuit mechanismsHypofunctionVariable evidenceNeural mechanismsKetamineNeuronsBehavioral psychophysicsPossible effectsEffects of Altered Excitation-Inhibition Balance on Decision Making in a Cortical Circuit Model
Lam NH, Borduqui T, Hallak J, Roque A, Anticevic A, Krystal JH, Wang XJ, Murray JD. Effects of Altered Excitation-Inhibition Balance on Decision Making in a Cortical Circuit Model. Journal Of Neuroscience 2021, 42: 1035-1053. PMID: 34887320, PMCID: PMC8824494, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1371-20.2021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCortical circuitsCognitive deficitsCortical circuit modelAltered excitation-inhibition balanceExcitatory pyramidal neuronsNMDA receptor hypofunctionCerebral cortical circuitsExcitation-inhibition balancePyramidal neuronsReceptor hypofunctionDistinct time coursesSynaptic excitationInhibitory interneuronsMultiple neuropsychiatric disordersBehavioral deficitsSynaptic balanceSynaptic levelLatest evidenceNeuropsychiatric disordersCognitive functionCircuit mechanismsBehavioral effectsPsychometric performanceBehavioral levelTask paradigm