Endogenous activity modulates stimulus and circuit-specific neural tuning and predicts perceptual behavior

Yuanning Li; Michael J. Ward; R. Mark Richardson; Max G’Sell; Avniel Singh Ghuman

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17729-w

Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

Endogenous activity modulates stimulus and circuit-specific neural tuning and predicts perceptual behavior

Yuanning Li,
Michael J. Ward,
R. Mark Richardson,
Max G’Sell,
Avniel Singh Ghuman

Affiliations

Yuanning Li: Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh
Michael J. Ward: Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh
R. Mark Richardson: Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh
Max G’Sell: Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
Avniel Singh Ghuman: Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17729-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Endogenous brain states influence perception. In this manuscript the authors use human intracranial recordings to provide mechanistic insight into this process by showing that endogenous brain activity facilitates neural tuning and behavior in a stimulus and circuit specific manner.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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