The promise and perils of causal circuit manipulations
SBE Wolff, BP Ölveczky - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2018 - Elsevier
… We thank Sean Escola, James Fitzgerald, Grigori Guitchounts, Johannes Letzkus, Philip
Tovote and the Ölveczky Lab for helpful comments on the manuscript. This work was supported …
Tovote and the Ölveczky Lab for helpful comments on the manuscript. This work was supported …
[PDF][PDF] Motor cortex is required for learning but not for executing a motor skill
… However, most established motor tasks, even in rats, are designed to interrogate the
function and plasticity of cortical controllers (Olveczky , 2011), making them ill suited for the …
function and plasticity of cortical controllers (Olveczky , 2011), making them ill suited for the …
Segregation of object and background motion in the retina
An important task in vision is to detect objects moving within a stationary scene. During normal
viewing this is complicated by the presence of eye movements that continually scan the …
viewing this is complicated by the presence of eye movements that continually scan the …
The role of variability in motor learning
…, MA Smith, BP Ölveczky - Annual review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
… Rodent models also hold significant promise (Ölveczky 2011), given the feasibility of high-…
, Reza Shadmehr, and members of the Ölveczky lab for comments on the manuscript. …
, Reza Shadmehr, and members of the Ölveczky lab for comments on the manuscript. …
The basal ganglia control the detailed kinematics of learned motor skills
The basal ganglia are known to influence action selection and modulation of movement vigor,
but whether and how they contribute to specifying the kinematics of learned motor skills is …
but whether and how they contribute to specifying the kinematics of learned motor skills is …
[PDF][PDF] Continuous whole-body 3D kinematic recordings across the rodent behavioral repertoire
… We thank all members of the Olveczky lab for feedback and advice and acknowledge special
experimental and computational assistance from Ashesh Dhawale, Steffen Wolff, Sasha …
experimental and computational assistance from Ashesh Dhawale, Steffen Wolff, Sasha …
[PDF][PDF] Learning precisely timed spikes
To signal the onset of salient sensory features or execute well-timed motor sequences,
neuronal circuits must transform streams of incoming spike trains into precisely timed firing. To …
neuronal circuits must transform streams of incoming spike trains into precisely timed firing. To …
Automated long-term recording and analysis of neural activity in behaving animals
10.7554/eLife.27702.001 Addressing how neural circuits underlie behavior is routinely done
by measuring electrical activity from single neurons in experimental sessions. While such …
by measuring electrical activity from single neurons in experimental sessions. While such …
[PDF][PDF] The basal ganglia is necessary for learning spectral, but not temporal, features of birdsong
Executing a motor skill requires the brain to control which muscles to activate at what times.
How these aspects of control—motor implementation and timing—are acquired, and whether …
How these aspects of control—motor implementation and timing—are acquired, and whether …
[HTML][HTML] A fully automated high-throughput training system for rodents
R Poddar, R Kawai, BP Ölveczky - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Addressing the neural mechanisms underlying complex learned behaviors requires training
animals in well-controlled tasks, an often time-consuming and labor-intensive process that …
animals in well-controlled tasks, an often time-consuming and labor-intensive process that …