James C. Dooley

A stereotaxic atlas of primary cortical areas in the developing rat brain from postnatal days 8 to 20

The paper creates a developmental stereotaxic atlas mapping primary cortical areas in rat neocortex across postnatal days 8-20 to improve targeting accuracy in neuroscience research.

The developmental emergence of tonic and phasic REM sleep in rats

This study examines the developmental emergence of tonic and phasic REM sleep in rats, showing sequential differentiation of REM substates with age-dependent changes in neural activity and oscillations.

Subcortically generated movements activate motor cortex during sleep and wake in rats through postnatal day 24

This study shows that M1 in rats shows somatotopic and temporal precision in movement-related activity by P24, but lacks strong premovement activity and selectivity compared to RN.

Activity in developing prefrontal cortex is shaped by sleep and sensory experience

The paper shows that neural activity in developing rat prefrontal cortex increases during active sleep and movement, driven by sensory feedback, contrasting with previous anesthetized studies.

Developmental onset of a cerebellar-dependent forward model of movement in motor thalamus

This study shows that cerebellar input enables the motor thalamus to develop a forward model of movement during early postnatal development in rats.

Twitches emerge postnatally during quiet sleep in human infants and are synchronized with sleep spindles

The paper shows that limb twitches in human infants during quiet sleep synchronize with sleep spindles and increase with age, indicating developing functional connectivity in sensorimotor networks.

A developmental transition in the sensory coding of limb kinematics in primary motor cortex

This study shows that primary motor cortex in rats transitions from being primarily sensory to more complex and informationally rich in movement representation before developing motor function.

Self-generated whisker movements drive state-dependent sensory input to developing barrel cortex

The paper shows that whisker movements, especially during sleep, drive sensory input to the developing barrel cortex, with movement-related activity accounting for 70-75% of cortical activity.

Developmental \"awakening\" of primary motor cortex to the sensory consequences of movement

The paper shows that primary motor cortex (M1) in rats transitions from responding to sleep-related forelimb twitches to wake-related movements by P12, linked to changes in sensory gating and neural connectivity.