Keeping an eye on cortical states

James F A Poulet

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2014.10.005

Keeping an eye on cortical states

Neuron. 2014 Oct 22;84(2):246-8. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.10.005. Epub 2014 Oct 22.

Author

James F A Poulet¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neuroscience, Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Berlin-Buch, Robert-Rössle-Str. 10, 13092 Berlin, Germany; Cluster of Excellence NeuroCure, Neuroscience Research Center, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: james.poulet@mdc-berlin.de.

PMID: 25374350
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.10.005

Abstract

Membrane potential recordings in awake mice have correlated cortical state with locomotion and whisker movements. In this issue of Neuron, Reimer et al. (2014) now reveal that pupil dilation in stationary mice equally signals a change in cortical state and an enhancement of visual processing.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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MeSH terms

Animals
Brain / physiology*
Exploratory Behavior / physiology*
Pupil / physiology*
Wakefulness / physiology*