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Heet Kaku

Baylor College of Medicine

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A brainstem map of orofacial rhythms

Heet Kaku, Liu D. Liu, Runbo Gao, Steven Jon West, Song-Mao Liao, Arseny Finkelstein, David Kleinfeld, Alyse M. Thomas, Sri Laasya Tipparaju, Karel Svoboda, Nuo Li

The paper maps brainstem neural activity related to breathing, licking, and swallowing in mice, revealing coordinated rhythms and a premotor network involved in orofacial movements.

bioRxiv · Jan 27, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Purkinje cell dysfunction causes disrupted sleep in ataxic mice

Luis E. Salazar Leon, Amanda M Brown, Heet Kaku, Roy V. Sillitoe

This study shows that Purkinje cell dysfunction in ataxic mice disrupts sleep architecture, with reduced wakefulness and REM sleep and increased NREM sleep.

Disease Models & Mechanisms · Apr 2, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Unsupervised Clustering Reveals Spatially Varying Single Neuronal Firing Patterns in the Subthalamic Nucleus of Patients with Parkinson's Disease

Heet Kaku, Musa Öztürk, Ashwin Viswanathan, Joohi Jimenez Shahed, Sameer Anil Sheth, Suneel Kumar, Nuri F. Ince

This study uses unsupervised clustering to identify distinct neuronal firing patterns in the subthalamic nucleus of Parkinson's disease patients and finds spatial differences in firing activity.

Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders · Dec 27, 2019Peer-reviewedNeuroscience