From the bioRxiv: A Selection of Recently Posted Papers from SCGB Investigators and Others

Each month, SCGB scans the bioRxiv for interesting papers from the SCGB community and beyond.

Capturing the diversity of biological tuning curves using generative adversarial networks           

Takafumi Arakaki, Gregory Barello, and Yashar Ahmadian

bioRxiv posted 24 July 2017

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Decision and navigation in mouse parietal cortex

Michael Krumin, Kenneth D Harris, and Matteo Carandini

bioRxiv posted 21 July 2017

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Dethroning the Fano Factor: a flexible, model-based approach to partitioning neural variability

Adam S Charles, Mijung Park, J. Patrick Weller, Gregory D. Horwitz, and Jonathan W. Pillow

bioRxiv posted 19 July 2017

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Exploring the limits of learning: segregation of information integration and response selection is required for learning a serial reversal task

Camilo Juan Mininni and Bonifacio Silvano Zanutto

bioRxiv posted 18 July 2017

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Defining the synaptic mechanisms that tune CA3-CA1 reactivation during sharp-wave ripples.

Paola Malerba, Matt W Jones, and Maxim Bazhenov

bioRxiv posted 18 July 2017

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Neural network models of the tactile system develop first-order units with spatially complex receptive fields

Charlie W. Zhao, Mark J. Daley, and J. Andrew Pruszynski

bioRxiv posted 17 July 2017

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A naturalistic assay for measuring behavioral responses to aversive stimuli at millisecond timescale

Carl E. Schoonover, Andrew J. P. Fink, and Richard Axel

bioRxiv posted 14 July 2017

[Abstract] [PDF]

 

Mixtures are more salient stimuli in olfaction

Ho Ka Chan and Thomas Nowotny

bioRxiv posted 13 July 2017

[Abstract] [PDF]                   

 

A Radically New Theory of how the Brain Represents and Computes with Probabilities

Rod Rinkus

bioRxiv posted 13 July 2017

[Abstract] [PDF]

 

Mice use robust and common strategies to discriminate natural scenes

Yiyi Yu, Riichiro Hira, Jeffrey N. Stirman, Waylin Yu, Ikuko T. Smith, and Spencer L. Smith

bioRxiv posted 13 July 2017

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Why Does the Neocortex Have Layers and Columns, A Theory of Learning the 3D Structure of the World

Jeff Hawkins, Subutai Ahmad, and Yuwei Cui

bioRxiv posted 12 July 2017

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The medial frontal cortex generates rhythmic activity that encodes reward value

Linda M. Amarante, Marcelo A. Caetano, and Mark Laubach

bioRxiv posted 11 July 2017

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Disorder and the neural representation of complex odors: smelling in the real world

Kamesh Krishnamurthy, Ann M Hermundstad, Thierry Mora, Aleksandra M Walczak, and Vijay Balasubramanian

bioRxiv posted 6 July 2017

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Linking Normative Models of Natural Tasks to Descriptive Models of Neural Response

Priyank Jaini and Johannes Burge

bioRxiv posted 6 July 2017

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Non-linear Auto-Regressive Models for Cross-Frequency Coupling in Neural Time Series

Tom Dupre la Tour, Lucille Tallot, Laetitia Grabot, Valerie Doyere, Virginie van Wassenhove, Yves Grenier, and Alexandre Gramfort

bioRxiv posted 6 July 2017

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Cortical circuits implement optimal context integration

Ramakrishnan Iyer and Stefan Mihalas

bioRxiv posted 5 July 2017

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Optical inhibition of zebrafish behavior with anion channelrhodopsins

Gadisti Aisha Mohamed, Ruey-Kuang Cheng, Joses Ho, Seetha Krishnan, Farhan Mohammad, Adam Claridge-Chang, and Suresh Jesuthasan

bioRxiv posted 4 July 2017

[Abstract] [PDF]

       

Cortical circuit based lossless neural integrator for perceptual decision-making

Jung H. Lee, Joji Tsunada, Sujith Vijayan, and Yale E. Cohen

bioRxiv posted 3 July 2017

[Abstract] [PDF]

 

Deconstructing multivariate decoding for the study of brain function

Martin N. Hebart and Chris I. Baker

bioRxiv posted 2 July 2017

[Abstract] [PDF]

 

Unification of Countermanding and Perceptual Decision-making

Paul G. Middlebrooks, Bram Zandbelt, Gordon D. Logan, Thomas J. Palmeri, and Jeffrey D. Schall

bioRxiv posted 30 June 2017

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Superior Colliculus Neuronal Ensemble Activity Signals Optimal Rather Than Subjective Confidence

Brian Odegaard, Piercesare Grimaldi, Seong Hah Cho, Megan A. K. Peters, Hakwan Lau, and Michele A. Basso

bioRxiv posted 30 June 2017

[Abstract] [PDF]

              

Burst Ensemble Multiplexing: A Neural Code Connecting Dendritic Spikes with Microcircuits

Richard Naud and Henning Sprekeler

bioRxiv posted 30 June 2017

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Robustness of spike deconvolution for calcium imaging of neural spiking

Marius Pachitariu, Carsen Stringer, and Kenneth D. Harris

bioRxiv. posted 27 June 2017

[Abstract]

 

Classifiers with limited connectivity

Lyudmila Kushnir and Stefano Fusi

bioRxiv. posted 29 June 2017

[Abstract]

 

An integral role for timing in interception

Chia-Jung Chang and Mehrdad Jazayeri

bioRxiv. posted 26 June 2017

[Abstract]

 

High-yield methods for accurate two-alternative visual psychophysics in head-fixed mice

Christopher P. Burgess, Armin Lak, Nicholas Steinmetz, Peter Zatka-Haas, Charu Bai Reddy, Elina A. K. Jacobs, Jennifer F. Linden, Joseph J. Paton, Adam Ranson, Sylvia Schroeder, Sofia Soares, Miles J. Wells, Lauren E. Wool, Kenneth D. Harris, and Matteo Carandini

bioRxiv. posted 6 May 2016

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