Randy M. Bruno

The paper shows that reinforcement learning enhances tuft selectivity in apical dendrites for both rewarded and unrewarded stimuli, even after reward removal.

The paper shows that secondary thalamic nuclei in mice adapt their activity based on behavioral training, responding to relevant stimuli regardless of modality.

The paper investigates auditory influences on mouse primary somatosensory cortex and finds that cross-modal responses are sparse, non-specific, and stable across experience.

The paper shows that proprioception in the dysgranular zone of primary somatosensory cortex is necessary for mice to form long-term visuospatial memory in the Morris Water Maze.

The paper examines the geometric structure of neural representations in the somatosensory cortex of mice during touch tasks, revealing non-linear integration of sensory inputs and disentangled variables in orthogonal subspaces.

This study shows that reinforcement learning changes neuronal activity in mouse primary somatosensory cortex, enhancing time encoding and responses to temporal surprise.

The paper investigates how arousal and movement affect secondary thalamic nuclei in mice, finding that POm and LP track whisking as indicators of arousal rather than movement.

This study shows that the human-specific gene SRGAP2C increases cortico-cortical connectivity and improves sensory processing and behavioral performance in mice.

This study investigates how mice discriminate tactile shapes by analyzing neuronal activity in the barrel cortex during a shape discrimination task.

The paper investigates the role of different cortical layers in texture discrimination using a 2AFC paradigm in mice, finding that both deep and superficial layers are critical for this task.

The paper investigates the effects of high-order thalamic inputs versus cortical inputs on primary somatosensory cortex activity in rats, finding that thalamic inputs produce stronger and longer-lasting depolarizations.