NS&B Publications

Mugnaini, Matias, Dhruv Mehrotra, Federico Davoine, Varun Sharma, Ana Rita Mendes, Michael Brecht, and Ann M. Clemens. “Supraorbital Whiskers Act as Wind-Antennae in Rat Anemotaxis.” bioRxiv, August 18, 2022.

Sun, Senmiao, and Michael Brecht. “Relative Enlargement of the Medial Preoptic Nucleus in the Etruscan Shrew, the Smallest Torpid Mammal.” Scientific Reports 12, no. 1 (November 3, 2022): 18602.

Sun, Senmiao, and Michael Brecht. “Relative Enlargement of the Medial Preoptic Area in the Etruscan Shrew, the Smallest Torpid Mammal.” ResearchSquare, May 9, 2022.

Fenk, Lisa M., Sofia C. Avritzer, Jazz L. Weisman, Aditya Nair, Lucas D. Randt, Thomas L. Mohren, Igor Siwanowicz, and Gaby Maimon. “Muscles That Move the Retina Augment Compound Eye Vision in Drosophila.” Nature 612, no. 7938,: 116–22, December 2022.

Rusch, Claire. “Visual Learning and Processing in the Honeybee, Apis Mellifera.” University of Washington, 2020. ProQuest.

Florman, Jeremy T. “Neuroendocrine Modulation of Complex Behavior and Physiology in C. Elegans.” University of Massachusetts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 2020. eScholarship@UMassChan.

Harris, Rayna M., Hsin-Yi Kao, Juan Marcos Alarcón, André A. Fenton, and Hans A. Hofmann. “Transcriptome Analysis of Hippocampal Subfields Identifies Gene Expression Profiles Associated with Long-Term Active Place Avoidance Memory.” bioRxiv, February 7, 2020.

Mahajan, Nagaraj. “Neural Circuit Mechanisms Of Stimulus Selection Underlying Spatial Attention.” Thesis, Johns Hopkins University, 2020.

Northcutt, Adam, Daniel R. Kick, Adriane G. Otopalik, Benjamin M. Goetz, Rayna M. Harris, Joseph M. Santin, Hans A. Hofmann, Eve Marder, David J. Schulz. “Molecular Profiling to Infer Neuronal Cell Identity: Lessons from Small Ganglia of the Crab Cancer Borealis.” bioRxiv, July 2, 2019.

Northcutt, Adam J., Daniel R. Kick, Adriane G. Otopalik, Benjamin M. Goetz, Rayna M. Harris, Joseph M. Santin, Hans A. Hofmann, Eve Marder, and David J. Schulz. “Molecular Profiling of Single Neurons of Known Identity in Two Ganglia from the Crab Cancer Borealis.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2019, 201911413.

Harris, Rayna M., Hsin‐Yi Kao, Juan Marcos Alarcon, Hans A. Hofmann, and André A. Fenton. “Hippocampal Transcriptomic Responses to Enzyme‐mediated Cellular Dissociation.” Hippocampus, May 2019, hipo.23095.

Guthman, Eartha Mae. “Cell-Type Specific Inhibitory Control of Basolateral Amygdala Microcircuitry and Plasticity - ProQuest.” University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, 2019.

Hawk, Josh D., Ana C. Calvo, Ping Liu, Agustin Almoril-Porras, Ahmad Aljobeh, María Luisa Torruella-Suárez, Ivy Ren, et al. “Integration of Plasticity Mechanisms within a Single Sensory Neuron of C. Elegans Actuates a Memory.” Neuron 97, no. 2 (January 2018): 356-367.e4.

Carlson, Kaitlin S. “State-Dependent Control of Neural Activity in the Olfactory Cortex - ProQuest.” Case Western Reserve University, 2018. ProQuest. 

Clemens, Ann M., Yohami Fernandez Delgado, Max L. Mehlman, Poonam Mishra, and Michael Brecht. “Multisensory and Motor Representations in Rat Oral Somatosensory Cortex.” Scientific Reports 8, no. 1 (December 2018): 13556. 

Lenschow C, Copley S, Gardiner JM, Talbot ZN, Vitenzon A, Brecht M. (2016) Sexually monomorphic maps and dimorphic responses in rat genital cortex. Current Biology. 

Metzen MG, Chacron MJ (2014) Weakly electric fish display behavioral responses to envelopes naturally occurring during movement: implications for neural processing. Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 1381-1391.

Bol K, Marsat G, Mejias JF, Maler L, Longtin A (2013) Modeling cancellation of periodic inputs with burst-STDP and feedback. Neural Networks 47: 120-133.

Deemyad T, Metzen MG, Pan Y, Chacron MJ (2013) Serotonin selectively enhances perception and sensory neural responses to stimuli generated by same-sex conspecifics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110: 19609–19614.

Thé L, Wallace ML, Chen CH, Chorev E, Brecht M. (2013) Structure, function, and cortical representation of the rat submandibular whisker trident. J Neurosci. 13;33(11):4815-24.

Khosravi-Hashemi N, Chacron MJ (2012) Bursts and isolated spikes code for opposite movement directions in midbrain electrosensory neurons. PLoS One 7: e40339.

Marsat G, Maler L (2012) Preparing for the unpredictable: adaptive feedback enhances the response to unexpected communication signals. Journal of Neurophysiology 107: 1241-1246.

McGillivray P, Vonderschen K, Fortune ES, Chacron MJ (2012). Parallel coding of first and second order stimulus attributes by midbrain electrosensory neurons. Journal of Neuroscience 32: 5510-5524.

Bol K, Marsat G, Harvey-Girard E, Longtin A, Maler L (2011) Frequency-tuned cerebellar channels and burst-induced LTD lead to the cancellation of redundant sensory inputs. Journal of Neuroscience 31: 11028-11038.

Fortune ES, Rodriguez C, Li D, Ball GF, Coleman MJ (2011) Neural mechanisms for the coordination of duet singing in wrens. Science 334:666-669.

Khosravi-Hashemi N, Fortune ES, Chacron MJ (2011) Coding Movement Direction by Burst Firing in Electrosensory Neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology 106: 1954-1968.

Vonderschen K, Chacron MJ (2011). Sparse and dense coding of natural stimuli by distinct midbrain neuron subpopulations in weakly electric fish. Journal of Neurophysiology 106: 3102-3118.

Chacron MJ, Fortune ES (2010) Subthreshold membrane conductances enhance directional selectivity in vertebrate sensory neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology 104: 449-462.

Marsat G, Maler L (2010) Neural heterogeneity and efficient population codes for communication signals. Journal of Neurophysiology 104: 2543-2555.

Chacron MJ, Toporikova N, Fortune ES (2009) Differences in the Time Course of Short-Term Depression Across Receptive Fields Are Correlated With Directional Selectivity in Electrosensory Neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology 102: 3270-3279.

Hitschfeld EM, Stamper SA, Vonderschen K, Fortune ES, Chacron MJ (2009). Effects of restraint and immobilization on electrosensory behaviors of weakly electric fish. ILAR Journal 50: 361-372.

Marsat G, Proville RD, Maler L (2009) Transient signals trigger synchronous bursts in an identified population of neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology 102: 714-723.