Jeffrey C. Erlich

Zapit: Open Source Laser-Scanning Photostimulation For Neuroscience

Zapit provides an open-source platform for random-access laser-scanning optogenetics in mice, enabling user-friendly and accessible experiments.

A frontal motor circuit for economic decisions and actions

This paper identifies a frontal motor circuit that transforms abstract economic decisions into spatial actions through dynamic reconfiguration.

Task structure flexibly shifts working memory formats across cortical circuits

The paper shows that rats flexibly shift working memory formats between egocentric and allocentric tasks, with different cortical circuits involved based on task structure.

Intertemporal choice across short and long time horizons: an fMRI study

This fMRI study examines neural mechanisms of intertemporal choices across seconds and days, finding overlapping activation in executive control and prospection networks but not valuation networks.

Mice dynamically adapt to opponents in competitive multi-player games

This study shows mice adapt their foraging strategies in competitive multi-player games by integrating spatial information about themselves and opponents, revealing a mechanism for flexible decision-making in social contexts.

Encoding of 2D self-centered plans and world-centered positions in the rat frontal orienting field

This study identifies two distinct spatial reference frames encoded in the rat frontal orienting field during motor planning: self-centered movement directions and world-centered position.

The rat frontal cortex encodes a value map for economic decisions under risk

This study investigates the role of the rat frontal orienting field (FOF) and posterior parietal cortex (PPC) in economic decisions under risk, finding that FOF inactivation significantly alters behavior by reducing the utility function exponent.

Collicular circuits for flexible sensorimotor routing

This study shows that the superior colliculus (SC) plays a key role in non-spatial cognitive processes in rats, challenging the view that cognition relies primarily on prefrontal cortex.