Neuron,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
98(1), P. 179 - 191.e6
Published: March 18, 2018
To
interpret
visual-motion
events,
the
underlying
computation
must
involve
internal
reference
to
motion
status
of
observer's
head.
We
show
here
that
layer
6
(L6)
principal
neurons
in
mouse
primary
visual
cortex
(V1)
receive
a
diffuse,
vestibular-mediated
synaptic
input
signals
angular
velocity
horizontal
rotation.
Behavioral
and
theoretical
experiments
indicate
these
inputs,
distributed
over
network
100
L6
neurons,
provide
both
reliable
estimate
and,
therefore,
physiological
separation
head-velocity
signals.
During
head
rotation
presence
stimuli,
exhibit
postsynaptic
responses
approximate
arithmetic
sum
vestibular
response.
Functional
mapping
reveals
arrive
into
via
direct
projection
from
retrosplenial
cortex.
therefore
propose
processing
V1
is
multisensory
contextually
dependent
on
animal's
Nature,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
598(7879), P. 86 - 102
Published: Oct. 6, 2021
Here
we
report
the
generation
of
a
multimodal
cell
census
and
atlas
mammalian
primary
motor
cortex
as
initial
product
BRAIN
Initiative
Cell
Census
Network
(BICCN).
This
was
achieved
by
coordinated
large-scale
analyses
single-cell
transcriptomes,
chromatin
accessibility,
DNA
methylomes,
spatially
resolved
morphological
electrophysiological
properties
cellular
resolution
input-output
mapping,
integrated
through
cross-modal
computational
analysis.
Our
results
advance
collective
knowledge
understanding
brain
cell-type
organization
Neuron,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
98(2), P. 256 - 281
Published: April 1, 2018
Tremendous
progress
has
been
made
since
Neuron
published
our
Primer
on
genetic
dissection
of
neural
circuits
10
years
ago.
Since
then,
cell-type-specific
anatomical,
neurophysiological,
and
perturbation
studies
have
carried
out
in
a
multitude
invertebrate
vertebrate
organisms,
linking
neurons
to
behavioral
functions.
New
methods
allow
systematic
classification
cell
types
provide
access
diverse
neuronal
for
connectivity
coding
during
behavior.
Here
we
evaluate
key
advances
over
the
past
decade
discuss
future
directions.
Cell Reports,
Journal Year:
2016,
Volume and Issue:
15(4), P. 692 - 699
Published: April 1, 2016
Monosynaptic
rabies
virus
tracing
is
a
unique
and
powerful
tool
used
to
identify
neurons
making
direct
presynaptic
connections
onto
of
interest
across
the
entire
nervous
system.
Current
methods
utilize
complementation
glycoprotein
gene-deleted
SAD
B19
strain
with
its
glycoprotein,
B19G,
mediate
retrograde
transsynaptic
spread
single
synaptic
step.
In
most
conditions,
this
method
labels
only
fraction
input
would
thus
benefit
from
improved
efficiency
spread.
Here,
we
report
newly
engineered
variants
improve
efficiency.
Among
them,
oG
(optimized
glycoprotein)
codon-optimized
version
chimeric
consisting
transmembrane/cytoplasmic
domain
B19G
extracellular
Pasteur
glycoprotein.
We
demonstrate
that
increases
for
long-distance
up
20-fold
compared
B19G.
oG-mediated
will
therefore
allow
identification
study
more
complete
monosynaptic
neural
networks.