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Katie A Ferguson

Associate Research Scientist, Neuroscience, Yale University
Verified email at yale.edu
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Mechanisms underlying gain modulation in the cortex

KA Ferguson, JA Cardin - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Cortical gain regulation allows neurons to respond adaptively to changing inputs. Neural gain
is modulated by internal and external influences, including attentional and arousal states, …

[PDF][PDF] Developmental dysfunction of VIP interneurons impairs cortical circuits

R Batista-Brito, M Vinck, KA Ferguson, JT Chang… - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
GABAergic interneurons play important roles in cortical circuit development. However, there
are multiple populations of interneurons and their respective developmental contributions …

Excitatory inputs determine phase-locking strength and spike-timing of CA1 stratum oriens/alveus parvalbumin and somatostatin interneurons during intrinsically …

CYL Huh, B Amilhon, KA Ferguson… - Journal of …, 2016 - Soc Neuroscience
Theta oscillations are essential for learning and memory, and their generation requires
GABAergic interneurons. To better understand how theta is generated, we explored how …

[PDF][PDF] VIP interneurons regulate cortical size tuning and visual perception

KA Ferguson, J Salameh, C Alba, H Selwyn, C Barnes… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Cortical circuit function is regulated by extensively interconnected, diverse populations of
GABAergic interneurons that may play key roles in shaping circuit operation according to …

[HTML][HTML] Experimentally constrained CA1 fast-firing parvalbumin-positive interneuron network models exhibit sharp transitions into coherent high frequency rhythms

KA Ferguson, CYL Huh, B Amilhon… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
The coupling of high frequency oscillations (HFOs; >100 Hz) and theta oscillations (3–12 Hz)
in the CA1 region of rats increases during REM sleep, indicating that it may play a role in …

Effects of agricultural pollutants on stress hormones and viral infection in larval salamanders

DR Davis, KJ Ferguson, MS Schwarz, JL Kerby - Wetlands, 2020 - Springer
Declines in amphibians are a global problem, influenced by complex local factors. While
many factors contribute to these declines, much attention has been focused on the roles of …

Combining theory, model, and experiment to explain how intrinsic theta rhythms are generated in an in vitro whole hippocampus preparation without oscillatory inputs

KA Ferguson, AP Chatzikalymniou, FK Skinner - eneuro, 2017 - eneuro.org
Scientists have observed local field potential theta rhythms (3–12 Hz) in the hippocampus for
decades, but understanding the mechanisms underlying their generation is complicated by …

[HTML][HTML] Network models provide insights into how oriens–lacunosum-moleculare and bistratified cell interactions influence the power of local hippocampal CA1 theta …

KA Ferguson, CYL Huh, B Amilhon… - Frontiers in systems …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Hippocampal theta is a 4–12 Hz rhythm associated with episodic memory, and although it
has been studied extensively, the cellular mechanisms underlying its generation are unclear. …

Examining the limits of cellular adaptation bursting mechanisms in biologically-based excitatory networks of the hippocampus

KA Ferguson, F Njap, W Nicola, FK Skinner… - Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Determining the biological details and mechanisms that are essential for the generation of
population rhythms in the mammalian brain is a challenging problem. This problem cannot be …

Hyperpolarization-activated currents and subthreshold resonance in granule cells of the olfactory bulb

R Hu, KA Ferguson, CB Whiteus, DH Meijer… - Eneuro, 2016 - eneuro.org
An important contribution to neural circuit oscillatory dynamics is the ongoing activation and
inactivation of hyperpolarization-activated currents (I h ). Network synchrony dynamics play …