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Tamina K. Ramirez

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Map of spiking activity underlying change detection in the mouse visual system

Corbett Bennett, Samuel D. Gale, Greggory R. Heller, Tamina K. Ramirez, Hannah Belski, Alex T. Piet, Omid A. Zobeiri, Adam Amster, Anton S. Arkhipov, Alex Cahoon, Shiella Caldejon, Mikayla Carlson, Linzy Casal, Scott F. Daniel, Colin Farrell, , Shawn R. Olsen

The paper presents a database of spiking activity in the mouse visual system during an image change detection task, revealing task-specific coding patterns across brain regions.

Cell · Jul 1, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Local thalamic interneurons drive spindle termination and enable sleep-dependent learning

Jane Simko, Tamina K. Ramirez, Caryn Martin, Sally Leung, Eleni A. Sung, Christopher D. Makinson

This study identifies local thalamic interneurons as critical for regulating spindles and sleep-dependent learning by modulating thalamocortical activity.

bioRxiv · Sep 26, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

SHIELD: Skull-shaped hemispheric implants enabling large-scale-electrophysiology datasets in the mouse brain

Corbett Bennett, Ben Ouellette, Tamina K. Ramirez, Alex Cahoon, Hannah Cabasco, Yoni Browning, Anna A. Lakunina, Galen F. Lynch, Ethan G. McBride, Hannah Belski, Ryan Gillis, Conor Grasso, Robert Howard, Tye Johnson, Henry Loeffler, , Shawn R. Olsen

SHIELD enables large-scale electrophysiological recordings in mice by providing a skull-shaped implant for repeated multi-probe insertions across brain regions.

Neuron · Jul 11, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Reconciling functional differences in populations of neurons recorded with two-photon imaging and electrophysiology

Joshua H. Siegle, Peter Ledochowitsch, Xiaoxuan Jia, Daniel J. Millman, Gabriel Koch Ocker, Shiella Caldejon, Linzy Casal, Andy Cho, Daniel J. Denman, Séverine Durand, Peter A. Groblewski, Greggory R. Heller, India Kato, Sara Kivikas, Jérôme A. Lecoq, , Saskia E. J. de Vries

This study compares neuronal responses in visual cortex using electrophysiology and two-photon imaging in awake mice, finding differences in responsiveness and selectivity and exploring data transformations to reconcile them.

eLife · Jul 16, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

A survey of spiking activity reveals a functional hierarchy of mouse corticothalamic visual areas

Joshua H. Siegle, Xiaoxuan Jia, Séverine Durand, Samuel D. Gale, Corbett Bennett, Nile Graddis, Greggory R. Heller, Tamina K. Ramirez, Hannah Choi, Jennifer Luviano, Peter A. Groblewski, Ruweida Ahmed, Anton S. Arkhipov, Amy Bernard, Yazan N. Billeh, , Christof Koch A

The paper presents a dataset and analysis of spiking activity across multiple mouse visual areas, revealing that functional connectivity mirrors anatomical hierarchy.

Nature · Jan 20, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Multi-regional module-based signal transmission in mouse visual cortex

Xiaoxuan Jia, Joshua H. Siegle, Séverine Durand, Greggory R. Heller, Tamina K. Ramirez, Christof Koch A, Shawn R. Olsen

The paper tracks spiking activity across six levels of the mouse visual hierarchy to identify two multi-regional communication modules with distinct signal flow and functional roles.

Neuron · Jan 1, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience