Sarah L. West

This study compares cortical dynamics during internally- and externally-driven locomotion using wide-field calcium imaging, finding distinct roles for secondary motor cortex in self-initiated movements.

The paper uses calcium imaging to study functional connectivity changes in the cerebral cortex during locomotion in mice, finding increased correlation and causality in premotor regions.

The paper investigates how brain activity reflects the reliability of directional information during motor preparation, finding that beta-band power correlates with cue reliability and theta-band activity signals target location validity.

This paper introduces See-Shells, transparent polymer skulls that enable long-term optical access to the mouse cortex for simultaneous monitoring and perturbation of neural activity across multiple regions.