Can Dong

Environmental Novelty Modulates Rapid Cortical Plasticity During Navigation

The paper investigates how environmental novelty affects cortical plasticity during navigation using optogenetic stimulation and calcium imaging in mice.

BTSP, not STDP, Drives Shifts in Hippocampal Representations During Familiarization

The paper identifies Behavioral-Timescale-Synaptic-Plasticity (BTSP) as the mechanism driving hippocampal place field shifts during familiarization, contrasting it with Spike-Timing-Dependent-Plasticity.

A contextual fear conditioning paradigm in head-fixed mice exploring virtual reality.

This paper develops a virtual reality-based contextual fear conditioning paradigm for head-fixed mice, demonstrating freezing behavior and hippocampal CA1 neuron remapping similar to freely moving animals.

Improving positively tuned voltage indicators for faster kinetics and higher contrast

The paper improves positively tuned voltage indicators by enhancing their kinetics and contrast for better spike detection.

Place field precision during an episode predicts place field fate across episodes

The paper shows that lower spatial precision in place cells during an episode predicts remapping or vanishing of place fields in subsequent episodes.

Distinct place cell dynamics in CA1 and CA3 encode experience in new contexts

This study compares place cell dynamics in CA1 and CA3 of mice during familiarization with new environments, finding distinct patterns of field emergence and stability.