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ArticleCell2014

State-dependent architecture of thalamic reticular subnetworks.

Michael M Halassa, Zhe Chen, Ralf D Wimmer, Philip M Brunetti, Shengli Zhao, Basilis Zikopoulos, Fan Wang, Emery N Brown, Matthew A Wilson

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Article in Cell, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 185 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

185 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 309 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Michael M HalassaNeuroscience Institute, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Neuroscience & Physiology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA; Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: michael.halassa@nyumc.org.
Zhe ChenDepartment of Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Ralf D WimmerNeuroscience Institute, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Neuroscience & Physiology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA; Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Philip M BrunettiPicower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Shengli ZhaoDepartment of Cell Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Basilis ZikopoulosDepartment of Health Sciences and Program in Neuroscience, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Fan WangDepartment of Cell Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Emery N BrownDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Institute of Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Matthew A WilsonPicower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USDuke University · USBoston University · USNYU Langone Health · US

Funding

ORGANIZATION OF PREFRONTAL FEEDBACK CIRCUITSR01MH057414 · NIMH · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI BARBAS, HELEN · 1999 to 2020
$7.3M
Redesigning General Anesthesia (Admin Supp)R01GM104948 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI BOYDEN, EDWARD S., BROWN, EMERY N · 2012 to 2016
$4.4M
Toward causal neuroscience: capture and manipulate emergent neuronal ensemblesDP1MH103908 · NIMH · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, FAN · 2013 to 2017
$3.9M
Pre-motor Neural Circuits for Exploratory MovementR01NS077986 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI WANG, FAN · 2013 to 2022
$3.4M
Hippocampal Prefrontal Cortical Interactions in MemoryR01MH061976 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI WILSON, MATTHEW A · 2002 to 2011
$3.2M
Fostering Research Mentorship & Training during Psychiatry Residency SupplementR25MH094612 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI FAVA, MAURIZIO, GREENFIELD, SHELLY F. · 2011 to 2022
$2.3M
Organization of Excitatory and Inhibitory Circuits in ASDR01MH101209 · NIMH · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI ZIKOPOULOS, VASILEIOS · 2014 to 2018
$2.0M
Causal examination of TRN role in neocortical spindle generation and functionR00NS078115 · NINDS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI HALASSA, MICHAEL M · 2014 to 2016
$747k
Causal examination of TRN role in neocortical spindle generation and functionK99NS078115 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HALASSA, MICHAEL M · 2012 to 2013
$194k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Behavioral state is known to influence interactions between thalamus and cortex, which are important for sensation, action, and cognition. The thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN) is hypothesized to regulate thalamo-cortical interactions, but the underlying functional architecture of this process and its state dependence are unknown. By combining the first TRN ensemble recording with psychophysics and connectivity-based optogenetic tagging, we found reticular circuits to be composed of distinct subnetworks. While activity of limbic-projecting TRN neurons positively correlates with arousal, sensory-projecting neurons participate in spindles and show elevated synchrony by slow waves during sleep. Sensory-projecting neurons are suppressed by attentional states, demonstrating that their gating of thalamo-cortical interactions is matched to behavioral state. Bidirectional manipulation of attentional performance was achieved through subnetwork-specific optogenetic stimulation. Together, our findings provide evidence for differential inhibition of thalamic nuclei across brain states, where the TRN separately controls external sensory and internal limbic processing facilitating normal cognitive function. PAPERFLICK:

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CognitionAnimalsAttentionBehavior, AnimalLimbic SystemMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLThalamic NucleiVisual Perception

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