The thalamus integrates the macrosystems of the brain to facilitate complex, adaptive brain network dynamics

General Anesthesia Decouples Cortical Pyramidal Neurons

(2020) Mototaka Suzuki et al.   CELL

Thalamus Modulates Consciousness via Layer-Specific Control of Cortex

(2020) Michelle J. Redinbaugh et al.   NEURON

Context-dependent and dynamic functional influence of corticothalamic pathways to first- and higher-order visual thalamus

(2020) Megan A. Kirchgessner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Active dendritic currents gate descending cortical outputs in perception

(2020) Naoya Takahashi et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Core and Matrix Thalamic Sub-Populations Relate to Spatio-Temporal Cortical Connectivity Gradients

(2020) Eli Müller et al.   NEUROIMAGE

The human cerebellum has almost 80% of the surface area of the neocortex

(2020) Martin I. Sereno et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Variations of telencephalic development that paved the way for neocortical evolution

(2020) Fernando García-Moreno et al.   PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Diffuse neural coupling mediates complex network dynamics through the formation of quasi-critical brain states

(2020) Eli J. Müller et al.   Nature Communications

Human cognition involves the dynamic integration of neural activity and neuromodulatory systems

(2019) James M. Shine et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

The mediodorsal pulvinar coordinates the macaque fronto-parietal network during rhythmic spatial attention

(2019) Ian C. Fiebelkorn et al.   Nature Communications

Evolutionary expansion of connectivity between multimodal association areas in the human brain compared with chimpanzees

(2019) Dirk Jan Ardesch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hierarchical Heterogeneity across Human Cortex Shapes Large-Scale Neural Dynamics

(2019) Murat Demirtaş et al.   NEURON

Shared Cortex-Cerebellum Dynamics in the Execution and Learning of a Motor Task

(2019) Mark J. Wagner et al.   CELL

The Structural Model: a theory linking connections, plasticity, pathology, development and evolution of the cerebral cortex

(2019) Miguel Ángel García-Cabezas et al.   Brain Structure & Function

Understanding cerebellum in vertebrate neuroethology: From sensing in sharks and electric fish to motor sequences in movement and birdsong.

(2019) John Montgomery et al.   BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

A call for a better understanding of causation in cell biology

(2019) Mariano Bizzarri et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

A repeated molecular architecture across thalamic pathways

(2019) James W. Phillips et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Thalamocortical Circuit Motifs: A General Framework

(2019) Michael M. Halassa et al.   NEURON

Hierarchical organization of cortical and thalamic connectivity

(2019) Julie A. Harris et al.   NATURE

A deep learning framework for neuroscience

(2019) Blake A. Richards et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

The Low-Dimensional Neural Architecture of Cognitive Complexity Is Related to Activity in Medial Thalamic Nuclei

(2019) James M. Shine et al.   NEURON

Stochasticity, individuality and behavior

(2018) Kyle Honegger et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Does Neuroscience Leave Room for Free Will?

(2018) Kevin J. Mitchell   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Regulation of cortical activity and arousal by the matrix cells of the ventromedial thalamic nucleus

(2018) Sakiko Honjoh et al.   Nature Communications

The avian basal ganglia are a source of rapid behavioral variation that enables vocal motor exploration

(2018) Satoshi Kojima (小島哲) et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Sensation, movement and learning in the absence of barrel cortex

(2018) Y. Kate Hong et al.   NATURE

The Regulatory Role of the Human Mediodorsal Thalamus

(2018) Giulio Pergola et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Cerebellar implementation of movement sequences through feedback

(2018) Andrei Khilkevich et al.   eLife

The Cognitive Thalamus as a Gateway to Mental Representations

(2018) Mathieu Wolff et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Thalamic regulation of switching between cortical representations enables cognitive flexibility

(2018) Rajeev V. Rikhye et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Higher-Order Thalamocortical Inputs Gate Synaptic Long-Term Potentiation via Disinhibition

(2018) Leena E. Williams et al.   NEURON

A Rhythmic Theory of Attention

(2018) Ian C. Fiebelkorn et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

The Human Thalamus Is an Integrative Hub for Functional Brain Networks

(2017) Kai Hwang et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Thalamic amplification of cortical connectivity sustains attentional control

(2017) L. Ian Schmitt et al.   NATURE

Thalamic functions in distributed cognitive control

(2017) Michael M. Halassa et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Rich cell-type-specific network topology in neocortical microcircuitry

(2017) Eyal Gal et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Thalamic projections sustain prefrontal activity during working memory maintenance

(2017) Scott S Bolkan et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Subcortical Source and Modulation of the Narrowband Gamma Oscillation in Mouse Visual Cortex

(2017) Aman B. Saleem et al.   NEURON

Learned response sequences in cerebellar Purkinje cells

(2017) Dan-Anders Jirenhed et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Network Model of the Emotional Brain

(2017) Luiz Pessoa   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

The Long Journey of Pontine Nuclei Neurons: From Rhombic Lip to Cortico-Ponto-Cerebellar Circuitry

(2017) Claudius F. Kratochwil et al.   Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Consciousness as Sequential Dynamics, Robustness, and Mental Disorders

(2017) Mikhail I. Rabinovich et al.   JAMA Psychiatry

Tapping the Brakes: Cellular and Synaptic Mechanisms that Regulate Thalamic Oscillations

(2016) P. Michelle Fogerson et al.   NEURON

Subcortical contributions to large-scale network communication

(2016) Peter T. Bell et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Transcriptional profiles of supragranular-enriched genes associate with corticocortical network architecture in the human brain

(2016) Fenna M. Krienen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Navigating the Affordance Landscape: Feedback Control as a Process Model of Behavior and Cognition

(2016) Giovanni Pezzulo et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Thalamic Inhibition: Diverse Sources, Diverse Scales

(2016) Michael M. Halassa et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Burst Firing Enhances Neural Output Correlation

(2016) Ho Ka Chan et al.   Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

The thalamus as a putative biomarker in neurodegenerative disorders

(2015) Brian D Power et al.   AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

A direct translaminar inhibitory circuit tunes cortical output

(2015) Scott Pluta et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Thalamic nuclei convey diverse contextual information to layer 1 of visual cortex

(2015) Morgane M Roth et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

The neocortical circuit: themes and variations

(2015) Kenneth D Harris et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

A Corticothalamic Switch: Controlling the Thalamus with Dynamic Synapses

(2015) Shane R. Crandall et al.   NEURON

Rhythms for Cognition: Communication through Coherence

(2015) Pascal Fries   NEURON

Thalamic reticular nucleus induces fast and local modulation of arousal state

(2015) Laura D Lewis et al.   eLife

Competing basal ganglia pathways determine the difference between stopping and deciding not to go

(2015) Kyle Dunovan et al.   eLife

Unique Features of the Human Brainstem and Cerebellum

(2014) Joan S. Baizer   Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Interneuron cell types are fit to function

(2014) Adam Kepecs et al.   NATURE

Temporal structure of motor variability is dynamically regulated and predicts motor learning ability

(2014) Howard G Wu et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Emergence of Context-Dependent Variability across a Basal Ganglia Network

(2014) Sarah C. Woolley et al.   NEURON

Functional implications of dopamine D1 vs. D2 receptors: A ‘prepare and select’ model of the striatal direct vs. indirect pathways

(2014) J.F. Keeler et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Delegation to automaticity: the driving force for cognitive evolution?

(2014) J. M. Shine et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

Anatomy of hierarchy: Feedforward and feedback pathways in macaque visual cortex

(2013) Nikola T. Markov et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Cortico-Amygdala-Striatal Circuits Are Organized as Hierarchical Subsystems through the Primate Amygdala

(2013) Y. T. Cho et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Neurophysiology of gait: From the spinal cord to the frontal lobe

(2013) Kaoru Takakusaki   MOVEMENT DISORDERS

Tuned thalamic excitation is amplified by visual cortical circuits

(2013) Anthony D Lien et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Active decorrelation in the basal ganglia

(2013) C.J. Wilson   NEUROSCIENCE

The evolution of distributed association networks in the human brain

(2013) Randy L. Buckner et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Basal ganglia output to the thalamus: still a paradox

(2013) Jesse H. Goldberg et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Making decisions through a distributed consensus

(2012) Paul Cisek   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Unveiling the diversity of thalamocortical neuron subtypes

(2012) Francisco Clascá et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Interactions between Core and Matrix Thalamocortical Projections in Human Sleep Spindle Synchronization

(2012) M. Bonjean et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Thalamic Control of Layer 1 Circuits in Prefrontal Cortex

(2012) S. J. Cruikshank et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Covert skill learning in a cortical-basal ganglia circuit

(2012) Jonathan D. Charlesworth et al.   NATURE

Thalamic control of cortical states

(2012) James F A Poulet et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Canonical Microcircuits for Predictive Coding

(2012) Andre M. Bastos et al.   NEURON

The Pulvinar Regulates Information Transmission Between Cortical Areas Based on Attention Demands

(2012) Y. B. Saalmann et al.   SCIENCE

From Movement to Thought: Executive Function, Embodied Cognition, and the Cerebellum

(2011) Leonard F. Koziol et al.   CEREBELLUM

The Importance of Being Variable

(2011) D. D. Garrett et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Purkinje neuron synchrony elicits time-locked spiking in the cerebellar nuclei

(2011) Abigail L. Person et al.   NATURE

Model-Based Influences on Humans' Choices and Striatal Prediction Errors

(2011) Nathaniel D. Daw et al.   NEURON

Empirical support for higher-order theories of conscious awareness

(2011) Hakwan Lau et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Towards a scientific concept of free will as a biological trait: spontaneous actions and decision-making in invertebrates

(2010) B. Brembs   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Synchrony in the Interconnected Circuitry of the Thalamus and Cerebral Cortex

(2009) Edward G. Jones   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Two Types of Thalamocortical Projections from the Motor Thalamic Nuclei of the Rat: A Single Neuron-Tracing Study Using Viral Vectors

(2009) Eriko Kuramoto et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Thalamic Input to Distal Apical Dendrites in Neocortical Layer 1 Is Massive and Highly Convergent

(2009) Pablo Rubio-Garrido et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Goal-directed control and its antipodes

(2009) Peter Dayan   NEURAL NETWORKS

Synaptic Integration in Tuft Dendrites of Layer 5 Pyramidal Neurons: A New Unifying Principle

(2009) M. E. Larkum et al.   SCIENCE

Recovery of consciousness after brain injury: a mesocircuit hypothesis

(2009) Nicholas D. Schiff   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Habits, Rituals, and the Evaluative Brain

(2008) Ann M. Graybiel   Annual Review of Neuroscience

Cerebellum Predicts the Future Motor State

(2008) Timothy J. Ebner et al.   CEREBELLUM

NEUROSCIENCE: Transient Dynamics for Neural Processing

(2008) M. Rabinovich et al.   SCIENCE