Long Yang

Complementary cortical and striatal encoding of locomotor preparation and performance

This study compares how cortical and striatal regions encode locomotor preparation and performance in mice, finding complementary coding schemes in different brain areas.

Dopamine lesions alter the striatal encoding of single-limb gait

This study shows that dopamine depletion in mice alters striatal neuron phase-locking to individual limb gait cycles, suggesting a role for D2 MSNs in gait impairments.

Vagal interoception of microbial metabolites from the small intestinal lumen

This study shows that gut microbiota influences vagal nerve activity through metabolites, which activate specific receptors and neurons involved in gut-brain communication.

Correlated signatures of social behavior in cerebellum and anterior cingulate cortex

The paper develops E-Scope, a tool for simultaneous multimodal recordings in freely behaving mice, revealing cerebellar and ACC activity patterns during social behavior.

Physiological constraints on the rapid dopaminergic modulation of striatal reward activity

This study investigates the rapid effects of dopaminergic modulation on striatal spiking activity and finds that physiological DA levels do not strongly influence spiking, except when DA exceeds reward-matched levels.