Mark Samuel BLUMBERG

This study investigates the coupling of cortical and brainstem delta rhythms in sleeping infant rats under perturbations, finding they respond in lockstep to changes in sleep homeostasis and respiration.

This study shows that self-generated signals during sleep in pre-weanling rats are essential for the development of cerebellar internal models.

The paper systematically characterizes limb twitching in preterm infants to assess early motor control during sleep.

The paper examines differences in twitching and twitch-spindle coupling between N2 and N3 sleep in 6-month-olds, finding distinct patterns in twitch intensity and coupling despite similar spindle characteristics.

The paper investigates how the developing cerebellum in rats processes self- versus other-generated movements during active sleep, finding that self-generated movements are prioritized for sensorimotor learning.

The paper investigates the development of delta-rhythmic activity in the medulla of sleeping infant rats and finds it coincides with cortical delta emergence, suggesting a role for medullary structures in regulating sleep.

The paper shows that nonlinear decoders better predict limb movements in rat M1 at P12 compared to P8, indicating a shift to more complex and individualized sensory representations with continuous cortical activity.

The paper shows that neural activity in developing rat prefrontal cortex increases during active sleep and movement, driven by sensory feedback, contrasting with previous anesthetized studies.

This study shows that cerebellar input enables the motor thalamus to develop a forward model of movement during early postnatal development in rats.

The paper shows that limb twitches in human infants during quiet sleep synchronize with sleep spindles and increase with age, indicating developing functional connectivity in sensorimotor networks.

This study shows that primary motor cortex in rats transitions from being primarily sensory to more complex and informationally rich in movement representation before developing motor function.

The paper shows that whisker movements, especially during sleep, drive sensory input to the developing barrel cortex, with movement-related activity accounting for 70-75% of cortical activity.

The paper shows that corollary discharge signals accompany motor twitches in infant rats during sleep, with a sharp peak in activity in the inferior olive due to slow potassium channels.

The paper shows that primary motor cortex (M1) in rats transitions from responding to sleep-related forelimb twitches to wake-related movements by P12, linked to changes in sensory gating and neural connectivity.