Shane M. O’Mara

The paper curates and provides analysis-ready diffusion MRI data for pediatric brain white-matter research, including automated quality control using a trained neural network.

The paper shows that claustral place cells in rats remap when visual inputs are removed, and this remapping depends on NMDA receptors.

The paper calculates the probability of recording direct neuronal interactions in anatomically-connected brain regions using a hypergeometric distribution and validates it with simulations.

The paper uses chemogenetic techniques to show that the anterior cingulate cortex and its projections to the anterior thalamic nuclei are involved in attention to task-relevant information and cognitive flexibility in rats.

This study shows that anterior thalamic function is essential for spatial coding in the subiculum and spatial memory, but not for non-spatial recognition memory.

This study examines how opioid receptor modulators affect motivational and stress-coping behaviors and hippocampal neurogenesis in a rat depression model induced by IFN-α.

This study investigates how damage to the mammillothalamic tract affects hippocampo-cortical oscillatory activity and microstructure, linking these changes to memory impairments.

The paper determines the rostral boundary of the rat claustrum using gene expression and neuronal tracing methods.

The paper investigates how neurons in the rat rostral thalamus encode environmental perimeters, finding stable firing patterns related to walls and drops regardless of arena shape or lighting.

The paper examines gene expression in the rat claustrum to define its anatomical boundaries and validate markers for electrode placement in electrophysiological studies.