Mingxin Ding

Ventral tegmental area dopamine neural activity switches simultaneously with rule representations in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus

This study shows dopamine activity in the ventral tegmental area coordinates with rule representations in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus during rule switches in a spatial working memory task.

Temporal coupling of field potentials and action potentials in the neocortex

The paper examines the relationship between spike rates and LFP power in different frequency bands in rat neocortical recordings, finding that 50-180Hz oscillations correlate most consistently with high firing rates and that spiking and electromyographic activity contribute to LFP power.