Chieko Huber

This study investigates the role of the claustrum in working memory by analyzing neuronal activity in mice during memory tasks and finds that claustrum inhibition impairs memory performance.

This study identifies a Superior Colliculus to VTA neural pathway that controls orienting responses to conspecifics by activating specific dopamine neurons.

Claustrum neurons provide direct excitatory input to medial prefrontal cortex pyramidal cells, and inhibiting claustrum neuronal assemblies suppresses prefrontal assembly formation and prevents attentional set-shifting.

This study shows that motor imagery during arm immobilization prevents sensorimotor representation changes, reduces cortical excitability loss, and increases REM sleep duration.