A substantial portion of our sensory experience happens during active behaviors such as
walking around or paying attention. How do sensory systems work during such behaviors? …

Developments in microfabrication technology have enabled the production of neural electrode
arrays with hundreds of closely spaced recording sites, and electrodes with thousands of …

Successful navigation through the world requires accurate estimation of one's own speed. To
derive this estimate, animals integrate visual speed gauged from optic flow and run speed …

The mouse is becoming a key species for research on the neural circuits of the early visual
system. To relate such circuits to perception, one must measure visually guided behavior and …

… Saleem et al. recorded simultaneously from V1 and the CA1 region of the hippocampus
using multi-electrode arrays (Figure 2a) [14 •• ]. Neural populations in both areas represented …

10.7554/eLife.06063.001 Dominant theories of hippocampal function propose that place cell
representations are formed during an animal's first encounter with a novel environment and …

The superior colliculus (SC) is a highly conserved area of the mammalian midbrain that is
widely implicated in the organisation and control of behaviour. SC receives input from a large …

In prey species such as mice, avoidance of predators is key to survival and drives instinctual
behaviors like freeze or flight [1, 2]. Sensory signals guide the selection of appropriate …

Growing evidence indicates that responses in sensory cortex are modulated by factors
beyond direct sensory stimulation [1–8]. In primary visual cortex (V1), for instance, responses …

The response of neurons in sensory cortex to repeated stimulus presentations is highly variable.
To investigate the nature of this variability, we compared the spike activity of neurons in …