Mary E. Lambo

A single dynamical property can account for the capacity to learn, from artificial networks to the mammalian brain.

The paper shows that proximity to criticality in neural systems predicts learning rates and cognitive abilities across species.

Immediately following the onset of active whisking, the input layer of barrel cortex exhibits a transient period of increased excitability that depends on prior experience

The paper shows that after active whisking starts in mice, layer IV neurons in the barrel cortex temporarily become more excitable, which depends on prior experience.

A MYT1L Syndrome mouse model recapitulates patient phenotypes and reveals altered brain development due to disrupted neuronal maturation

This paper develops a MYT1L syndrome mouse model that recapitulates human phenotypes, revealing disrupted brain development and neuronal maturation as underlying mechanisms.