Lab Meeting

(Tuesday 5PM)


Wiki Calendar


Date Presenter Title

Feb 26 Prof. Elad Schneidman, Ph.D. talk - 5.15PM [PDF]



Feb 19 Prof. J. Lisman, Ph.D. A model of the dentate/CA3 region: memory sequences, each element of which is a stimulus/response (non-self/self) doublet.

Feb 12 Jagdish Liu et al. (2007) Defining cortical frequency tuning with recurrent excitatory circuitry. Nature Neurosci 10 (12), 1594-1600. [PDF]

Feb 5 Simal Quilodran et al. (2008) Behavioral Shifts and Action Valuation in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex. Neuron 57, 314-325. [PDF]

Jan 29 Kenji Brun et al. (2008) Impaired Spatial Representation in CA1 after Lesion of Direct Input from Entorhinal Cortex. Neuron 57(2), 290-302. [PDF]

Cheng and Frank (2008) New Experiences Enhance Coordinated Neural Activity in the Hippocampus Neuron 57(2), 303-313. [PDF]

Jan 22 Dave O'Neill et al. (2008) Reactivation of experience-dependent cell assembly patterns in the hippocampus. Nature Neuroscience (advance on-line publ.). [PDF]

Jan 15 Shige Houweling & Brecht (2008) Behavioural report of single neuron stimulation in somatosensory cortex. Nature 451, 65-68. [PDF]

Jan 8 Jagdish Rancz et al. (2007) High-fidelity transmission of sensory information by single cerebellar mossy fibre boutons. Nature 450, 1245-1248. [PDF]

Dec 11 Kamran Data presentation: Environmental modifications of hippocampal theta-cycle compressed cell assembly representations [abstract]

Dec 4 Vistor: Petr Telensky talk: Contribution of parietal cortex and hippocampus to navigation in multiple-reference-frame environment.

Shige Euston et al. (2007) Fast-Forward Playback of Recent Memory Sequences in Prefrontal Cortex During Sleep. Science 318, 1147-1150 [PDF]

Nov 29 Visitor: Eran Stark, MD. talk: "Reach, grasp, and their coordination in the Macaque premotor cortex."



Nov 20 Visitor: Marsha Meytlis, PhD. talk: "Dimension and Geometry of Face Space" [abstract]


Nov 13 Visitor: Joshua A. Gordon, MD., PhD. Gordon et al. (2005) State-Dependent Alterations in Hippocampal Oscillations in Serotonin 1A Receptor-Deficient Mice Complex Sounds. J Neurosci 25(28):6509-6519. [PDF]

Oct 30 Jagdish J. B. Fritz et al. (2007) Adaptive Changes in Cortical Receptive Fields Induced by Attention to Complex Sounds. J Neurophys 98: 2337-2346.[PDF]

Oct 16 Marie W.E. DeCoteau et al. (2007) Learning-related coordination of striatal and hippocampal theta rhythms during acquisition of a procedural maze task
PNAS 104(13): 5644-5649. [PDF]

Pascale A. Hasenstaub et al. (2007) "State Changes Rapidly Modulate Cortical Neuronal Responsiveness" J. Neuroscience 27(36): 9607-9622. [PDF] [Suppl]

Oct 2 Visiting:
Lucas L. Sjulson, PhD

Rational Optimization and In Vivo Imaging of a Genetically Encoded Optical Voltage Reporter. [abstract-PDF]

Sept 25 Kamran Ainge JA, Tamosiunaite M., Woergoetter F, Dudchenko P (2007) Hippocampal CA1 Place Cells Encode Intended Destination on a Maze with Multiple Choice Points JNeurosci 27(36): 9769-9779 [PDF]

Berg RW, Alaburda A, Hounsgaard J (2007) Balanced Inhibition and Excitation Drive Spike Activity in Spinal Half-Centers Science 315: 390-393 [PDF]

Sept 10 Visiting:
Lucas Parra, PhD.
Monday, 5PM
Small fields change spike timing: A functional role for endogenous electrical activity?[abstract-PDF]

Sept 4 Han C. Pouzat et al. (2004) "Improved spike-sorting by modeling firing statistics and burst-dependent spike amplitude attenuation: a Markov Chain Monte Carlo Approach" J Neurophys 91:2910-2928 [PDF]

Aug 28 Alfonso J de la Rocha et al. (2007): Correlation between neural spike trains increases with firing rate. Nature 448:802-806. [PDF]

Aug 21 Visitor: Tomoyuki Furuyashiki "The role of rat orbitofrontal cortex in translating outcome expectancy into behavioral action"

Aug 14 Anton X. Wang et al. (2007): Feedforward Excitation and Inhibition Evoke Dual Modes of Firing in the Cat's Visual Thalamus during Naturalistic Viewing. Neuron 55:465-478. [PDF]

Aug 7 Dave JJ Tukker et al. (2007): Cell Type-Specific Tuning of Hippocampal Interneuron Firing during Gamma Oscillations In Vivo. J Neurosci 27:8184-8189. [PDF]

July 31 Marie "Local interactions (chemical and electrical synapses) between dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta"
all Frey BJ, Dueck D (2007): Clustering by passing messages between data points. Science. 2007 315(5814):972-6. [PDF]

July 24 Kamran TJ McHugh et al. (2007): Dentate Gyrus NMDA Receptors Mediate Rapid Pattern Separation in the Hippocampal Network. Science 317:94-99. [PDF]

July 17 Visitor: S.Cowen Start at 4:30PM!!!
"Associative Learning, Delay Activity, and the Contribution of Sensory-Motor Information"
Visitor: F.Frohlich "Slow state transitions in cortical networks mediated by extracellular potassium concentration dynamics"

July 10 Shige Cassenaer S, Laurent G. (2007): Hebbian STDP in mushroom bodies facilitates the synchronous flow of olfactory information in locusts. Nature, published online June 20. [PDF]

July 3 Jagdish SJ Cruikshank, TJ Lewis, BW Connors (2007): Synaptic basis for intense thalamocortical activation of feedforward inhibitory cells in neocortex. Nat. Neurosci. 10:462-468. [PDF]

June 26 Sean T Womelsdorf, et al. (2007): Modulation of Neuronal Interactions Through Neuronal Synchronization. Science 316:1609-1612. [PDF]
YB Saalmann, et al. (2007): Neural Mechanisms of Visual Attention: How Top-Down Feedback Highlights Relevant Locations. Science 316:1612-1615. [PDF]

June 19 Caroline C Kapfer, LL Glickfeld, BV Atallah and M Scanziani (2007): Supralinear increase of recurrent inhibition during sparse activity in the somatosensory cortex. Nat. Neurosci. 10:743-753. [PDF]

June 12 Kenji Ainge JA, van der Meer MA, Langston RF, Wood ER (2007): Exploring the role of context-dependent hippocampal activity in spatial alternation behavior. Hippocampus in press. [PDF]
Massimini M, Ferrarelli F, Esser SK, Riedner BA, Huber R, Murphy M, Peterson MJ, Tononi G (2007): Triggering sleep slow waves by transcranial magnetic stimulation. PNAS 104:8496-8501. [PDF] [SUPP1] [SUPP2] [Supporting Text]
Marshall L, Helgadttir H, Mlle M, Born J (2007): Boosting slow oscillations during sleep potentiates memory. Nature 444:610-613. [PDF] [SUPP]

June 5 Eva C Barry, R Hayman, N Burgess & KJ Jeffery (2007): Experience-dependent rescaling of entorhinal grids. Nature Neurosci 10:682 - 684. [PDF]

May 29 Pascale IL Hanganu, JF Staiger, Y Ben-Ari, and R Khazipov (2007): Cholinergic Modulation of Spindle Bursts in the Neonatal Rat Visual Cortex In Vivo. The Journal of Neuroscience 27(21):5694-5705. [PDF]

May 22 Simal Vincent JL, Patel GH, Fox MD, Snyder AZ, Baker JT, Van Essen DC, Zempel JM, Snyder LH, Corbetta M, Raichle ME (2007). Intrinsic functional architecture in the anaesthetized monkey brain. Nature 447(7140):83-6. [PDF]

May 15 Anton Mori M, Gahwiler BH,Gerber U (2007). Recruitment of an inhibitory hippocampal network after bursting in a single granule cell. PNAS 104(18):7640-5. [PDF]

May 8 Sebastien Ren M, Yoshimura Y, Takada N, Horibe S, Komatsu Y (2007): Specialized inhibitory synaptic actions between nearby neocortical pyramidal neurons. Science 316:758-61. [PDF]
Winocur G, Moscovitch M, Sekeres M.(2007): Memory consolidation or transformation: context manipulation and hippocampal representations of memory. Nat Neurosci 10:555-557. [PDF]

May 1 Kamran Izhikevich E.M. (2006): Polychronization: Computation With Spikes. Neural Computation 18:245-282 [PDF]

Apr 24 Kenji Tse D et al. (2007): Schemas and memory consolidation. Science 316:57-8. [PDF] [SUPPL]

Apr 17 Dave A. T. Gulledge, Y. Kawaguchi (2007): Phasic cholinergic signaling in the hippocampus: Functional homology with the neocortex? Hippocampus 17:327-332. [PDF]

Apr 10 Sean L. M. Giocomo, E. A. Zilli, E. Fransn, M. E. Hasselmo (2007): Temporal Frequency of Subthreshold Oscillations Scales with Entorhinal Grid Cell Field Spacing. Science 315:1719 - 1722. [PDF] [SUPPL]

Apr 3 Caroline Lamsa KP, Heeroma JH, Somogyi P, Rusakov DA, Kullmann DM (2007): Anti-Hebbian long-term potentiation in the hippocampal feedback inhibitory circuit. Science 315:1262-6. [PDF] [SUPPL]
David Fyhn M, Hafting T, Treves A, Moser MB, Moser EI (2007): Hippocampal remapping and grid realignment in entorhinal cortex. Nature 446:190-4. [PDF] [SUPPL]

Mar 27 Visiting: Ede A. Rancz "Dendritic spikes control synaptic plasticity and gain in cerebellar Purkinje cells".

Mar 20 Caroline postponed

Mar 13 Anton Blumenfeld B et al. (2006): Dynamics of Memory Representations in Networks with Novelty-Facilitated Synaptic Plasticity. Neuron 52: 383-394. [PDF]

Mar 6 Eva, Han, Kamran post-COSYNE discussion



Feb 27 Sebastien Leutgeb JK, Leutgeb S, Moser MB, Moser EI (2007): Pattern separation in the dentate gyrus and CA3 of the hippocampus. Science 315:961-6. [PDF]

Feb 20 Pascale Lakatos P et al. (2007): Neuronal Oscillations and Multisensory Interaction in Primary Auditory Cortex. Neuron 53:279-92. [PDF]

Feb 16 Kamran FRIDAY 2 PM!!!! Research Report

Feb 6 Simal Nevian T, et al. (2007): Properties of basal dendrites of layer 5 pyramidal neurons: a direct patch-clamp recording study. Nat Neurosci 10:206-214. [PDF]
Lavenex P, et al. (2007): Spatial relational learning persists following neonatal hippocampal lesions in macaque monkeys. Nat Neurosci 10:234-239. [PDF]

Jan 30 Han/Shige Lecture: "Shuffling methods for investigating spike train dependencies."

Jan 23 Visiting: P.-P. Lenck-Santini "Phase precession during spatial and non-spatial coding in normal and epileptic rats."

Jan 16 Han Tatsuno M, Lipa P, McNaughton BL (2006): Methodological considerations on the use of template matching to study long-lasting memory trace replay. J Neurosci. 26:10727-42. [PDF]

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