23 Jul 2015
July 23, 2015

Cell-Type-Specific Activity in Prefrontal Cortex during Goal-Directed Behavior

Neuroscience

Pinto and Dan use Ca2+ imaging to identify different subtypes of inhibitory neurons in the mouse prefrontal cortex.  They found that different subtypes encode different aspects of the task. By contrast, excitatory neurons are diverse and their task-related activity by cortical layer.

Pinto, Lucas, and Yang Dan. “Cell-Type-Specific Activity in Prefrontal Cortex during Goal-Directed Behavior.” Neuron (2015).

About the Author


The Miller Lab uses experimental and theoretical approaches to study the neural basis of the high-level cognitive functions that underlie complex goal-directed behavior. ekmillerlab.mit.edu