The paper shows ultraslow entorhinal oscillations affect spatial memory by causing grid cell drifting and enabling dynamic access to different spatial memories.

bioRxiv · Mar 17, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Increased reliability of visually-evoked activity in area V1 of the MECP2-duplication mouse model of autism

Ryan Thomas Ash, Ganna Palagina, José A. Fernández-León, Jiyoung Park, Robert L Seilheimer, Sangkyun Lee, Jasdeep Sabharwal, Fredy Reyes, Jing Wang, Dylan Lu, Muhammad Sarfraz, Emmanouil Froudarakis, Andreas Savas Tolias, Samuel Miao-Sin Wu, Stelios M. Smirnakis

The paper finds increased reliability of visually-evoked activity in V1 neurons of MECP2-duplication mice, suggesting altered sensory processing mechanisms in autism.

Journal of Neuroscience · Jul 13, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Neural correlates and determinants of approach-avoidance conflict in the prelimbic prefrontal cortex

José A. Fernández-León, Douglas Senna Engelke, Guillermo Aquino-Miranda, Alexandria Goodson, Maria N Rasheed, Fabricio H Do Monte

This study identifies PLGLUT neurons in the prelimbic cortex as causal regulators of individual differences in memory-based risky decision making during approach-avoidance conflict.

eLife · Dec 16, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience