Johannes C Dahmen

The paper shows that midbrain structures encode sound detection behavior without requiring auditory cortex input, indicating subcortical structures can process non-acoustic information.

The paper shows that local variability in tonotopic maps is not unique to rodents and is influenced by neuron frequency tuning complexity across species.

The paper shows that subcortical circuits mediate crossmodal communication between primary sensory cortical areas in mice by linking somatosensory cortex to auditory cortex via the midbrain and thalamus.

The paper develops data-driven models to decode mouse behavior and link single-trial decisions to neural activity.