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Featured publications

Fluorescence images of neurons
Nov 11, 2025

Learning-dependent cholinergic plasticity reconfigures cortical circuit dynamics

Moberly AH, Cardin JA, Higley MJ (2025) BioRxiv

bioRxiv
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Microscopy image of a cross-section of the cortex
Jul 23, 2024

Retrosplenial inputs drive visual representations in the medial entorhinal cortex

Dubanet O, Higley MJ (2024) Cell Reports

Cell Reports
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Heat map readout of neuronal activity
Jan 1, 2024

Rapid fluctuations in functional connectivity of cortical networks encode spontaneous behavior

Benisty H, Barson D, Moberly AH, Lohani S, Tang L, Coifman RR, Crair MC, Mishne G, Cardin JA, Higley MJ (2024) Nature Neuroscience

Nature Neuroscience
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December 15, 2025

Downregulation of integrin α3 in ADHD mirrored in mutant mouse model by dopamine-dependent hippocampal AMPAR expression

Yao X, Chen R, Zhu J, Hou R, Xiang S, Jia T, Gu Y, Wang Z, Hu H, Chen H, Wang H, Feng J, Robbins TW, Wang Y, Higley MJ, Koleske AJ, Xiao X (2025) Molecular Psychiatry

2025
October 31, 2025

Delayed integration of somatostatin interneurons into visual circuits

Wang A, Ferguson KA, Gupta J, Higley MJ, Cardin JA (2024) Nature Communications

2025
May 31, 2025

Progressive vulnerability of cortical synapses in α-synucleinopathy

Sah S, Sauerbeck AD, Gupta J, Pérez-Acuña D, Reiber JE, Singh V, Russell DL, Goralski TM, Henderson MX, Volpicelli-Daley LA, Higley MJ, Kummer TT, Biederer T (2025) bioRxiv

2025
January 22, 2025

Shared-AE: Automatic identication of shared subspaces in high-dimensional neural and behavioral activity

Yi D, Dong H, Higley MJ, Churchland A, Saxena S (2025) Int Conf Learn Represent

2025
July 23, 2024

Retrosplenial inputs drive diverse visual representations in the medial entorhinal cortex

Dubanet O, Higley MJ (2024) Cell Reports

2024
March 7, 2024

Developmental trajectory of cortical somatostatin interneuron function

Wang A, Ferguson KA, Gupta J, Higley MJ, Cardin JA (2024) bioRxiv

2024
February 13, 2024

Traumatic brain injury disrupts state-dependent functional cortical connectivity in a mouse model

Bottom-Tanzer S, Corella S, Meyer J, Sommer M, Bolaños L, Murphy T, Quiñones S, Heiney S, Shtrahman M, Whalen M, Oren R, Higley MJ, Cardin JA, Noubary F, Armbruster M, Dulla C (2024) Cerebral Cortex

2024
January 1, 2024

The Cousa objective: A long-working distance air objective for multiphoton imaging in vivo

Yu CH, Yu Y, Adsit LM, Chang JT, Barchini J, Moberly AH, Benisty H, Kim J, Young BK, Heng K, Farinella DM, Leikvoll A, Pavan R, Vistein R, Nanfito BR, Hildebrand DGC, Otero-Coronel S, Vaziri A, Goldberg JL, Ricci AJ, Fitzpatrick D, Cardin JA, Higley MJ, Smith GB, Kara P, Nielsen KJ, Smith IT, Smith SL (2024) Nature Methods

2024
December 21, 2023

The Couse objective: A long working distance air objective for multiphoton imaging in vivo

Yu C, Yu Y, Adsit LM, Chang JT, Barchini J, Moberly AH, Benisty H, Kim J, Young BK, Heng K, Farinella DM, Leikvoll A, Pavan R, Vistein R, Nanfito BR, Hildebran DGC, Coronel S, Vaxiri A, Goldberg JL, Ricci AJ, Fitzpatrick D, Cardin JA, Higley MJ, SMith GB, Kara P, Nielsen KJ, Smith IT, Smith SL (2023) Nature Methods

2023
November 30, 2023

Rapid fluctuations in functional connectivity of cortical networks encode spontaneous behavior

Benisty H, Moberly AH, Lohani S, Barson D, Coifman RR, Mishne G, Cardin JA, Higley MJ (2024) Nature Neuroscience

2023
November 28, 2022

Spatiotemporally heterogeneous coordination of cholinergic and neocortical activity

Lohani S*, Moberly AH, Benisty H, Landa B, Jing M, Li Y, Higley MJ*, Cardin JA*. (2022) Nature Neuroscience

2022
September 23, 2022

Building bridges: Simultaneous multimodal imaging approaches for exploring the organization of brain networks

Lake EMR, Higley MJ (2022) Neurophotonics

2022
September 15, 2022

Spatiotemporal dynamics in large-scale cortical networks

Cardin JA, Higley MJ (2022) Current Opinion in Neurobiology

2022
November 2, 2020

Simultaneous cortex-wide fluorescence Ca2+ imaging and whole-brain fMRI

Lake E, Ge X, Shen X, Herman P, Hyder F, Cardin JA, Higley MJ, Scheinost D, Papademetris X, Crair MC, Constable RT (2020) Nature Methods

2020
October 14, 2020

Mesoscopic imaging: shining a wide light on large-scale neural dynamics

Cardin JA, Crair MC, Higley MJ (2020) Neuron

2020
July 28, 2020

NMDAR-dependent emergence of behavioral representation in primary visual cortex

Puscian A, Benisty H, Higley MJ (2020) Cell Reports

2020
January 22, 2020

Diverse spatiotemporal scales of cholinergic signaling in the neocortex

Disney AA and Higley MJ (2020) Journal of Neuroscience

2020
January 22, 2020

Layer 5 circuits in V1 differentially control visuomotor behavior

Tang L, Higley MJ (2020) Neuron

See Preview:  Xu N (2020) Deciphering pyramidal neuron diversity: Delineating perceptual functions of projection-defined neuronal types. Neuron

2020
November 4, 2019

Simultaneous mesoscopic and two-photon imaging of neuronal activity in cortical circuits

Barson D*, Hamodi AS*, Shen X, Lur G, Constable RT. Cardin JA, Crair MC, Higley MJ (2020) Nature Methods

2019
March 13, 2019

Ketamine disrupts neuromodulatory control of glutamatergic synaptic transmission

Lur G, Fariborzi M, Higley MJ (2019) PLoS One

2019
March 5, 2019

Preserving the balance: Diverse forms of long-term GABAergic synaptic plasticity

Chiu CQ, Barberis A, Higley MJ (2018) Nature Reviews Neuroscience

2019
June 25, 2018

Potassium channels contribute to activity-dependent scaling of dendritic inhibition

Chang JT, Higley MJ (2018) Physiological Reports

2018
January 17, 2018

Input-specific NMDAR-dependent potentiation of dendritic GABAergic inhibition

Chiu CQ, Martenson JS, Yamazaki M, Natsume R, Sakimura K, Tomita S, Tavalin SJ, Higley MJ (2018) Neuron

2018
January 9, 2018

Millisecond precision temporal encoding of stimulus features during cortically generated gamma oscillations in the rat somatosensory cortex

Bessaih T, Higley MJ, Contreras D (2018) Journal of Physiology

2018
August 16, 2017

Developmental dysfunction of VIP interneurons impairs cortical circuits

Batista-Brito R, Vinck M, Ferguson KA, Chang JT, Laubender D, Lur G, Mossner JM, Hernandez VG, Ramakrishnan C, Deisseroth K, Higley MJ, Cardin JA (2017) Neuron

2017
June 22, 2016

Disruption of coordinated presynaptic and postsynaptic maturation underlies the defects in hippocampal synapse stability and plasticity in Abl2/Arg-deficient mice

Xiao X, Levy AD, Rosenberg BJ, Higley MJ, Koleske AJ (2016) Journal of Neuroscience

2016
June 1, 2016

Visual deprivation during the critical period enhances layer 2/3 GABAergic inhibition in mouse V1

Kannan M, Gross GG, Arnold DB, Higley MJ (2016) Journal of Neuroscience

2016
March 22, 2016

Projection-specific feature encoding by layer 5 cortical subnetworks

Lur G, Vinck MA, Tang L, Cardin JA, Higley MJ (2016) Cell Reports

2016
December 15, 2015

Stress impairs prefrontal cortical function via D1 dopamine receptor interactions with hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channels

Gamo NJ, Lur G, Higley MJ, Wang M, Paspalas CD, Vijayraghavan S, Yang Y, Ramos BP, Peng K, Kata A, Boven L, Lin F, Roman L, Lee D, Arnsten AF (2015) Biological Psychiatry

2015
July 14, 2015

Glutamate receptor modulation is restricted to synaptic microdomains

Lur G, Higley MJ (2015) Cell Reports

2015
December 1, 2014

Neuromodulation by acetylcholine: examples from schizophrenia and depression

Higley MJ and Picciotto MR (2014) Current Opinion in Neurobiology

2014
August 13, 2014

Localized GABAergic inhibition of dendritic calcium signalling

Higley MJ (2014) Nature Reviews Neuroscience

2014
January 15, 2014

Wavelength-selective one- and two-photon uncaging of GABA

Amatrudo JM, Olson JP, Lur G, Chiu CQ, Higley MJ, Ellis-Davies GC (2014) ACS Chemical Neuroscience

2014
May 10, 2013

Compartmentalization of GABAergic inhibition by dendritic spines

Chiu CQ*, Lur G*, Morse TM, Carnevale NT, Ellis-Davies GC, Higley MJ (2013) Science

Commentary: Synaptic transmission: keeping calcium contained. Nature Reviews Neuroscience

April 24, 2013

Optically selective two-photon uncaging of glutamate at 900 nm

Olson JP, Kwon HB, Takasaki KT, Chiu CQ, Higley MJ, Sabatini BL, Ellis-Davies GC (2013) Journal of the American Chemical Society

2013
February 7, 2013

Galanin-induced decreases in nucleus accumbens/striatum excitatory postsynaptic potentials and morphine conditioned place preference require both galanin receptor 1 and galanin receptor 2

Einstein EB, Asaka Y, Yeckel MF, Higley MJ, Picciotto MR (2013) European Journal of Neuroscience

2013
October 4, 2012

Acetylcholine as a neuromodulator: Cholinergic signaling shapes nervous system function and behavior

Picciotto MR, Higley MJ, Mineur YS (2012) Neuron

2012
May 21, 2012

Quantitative trait locus on distal chromosome 1 regulates the occurrence of spontaneous spike-wave discharges in DBA/2 mice

Bessaih T, de Yebenes EG, Kirkland K, Higley MJ, Buono RJ, Ferraro TN, Contreras D (2012) Epilepsia

2012
April 1, 2012

Calcium signaling in dendritic spines

Higley MJ, Sabatini BL (2012) Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

2012
February 23, 2012

Determination of cortical circuit function using current source-density analysis in vivo

Higley MJ (2012) In: Neuronal Network Analysis, Tommaso Fellin and Michael Halassa, eds. Humana Press

2012
April 22, 2011

Cholinergic interneurons mediate fast VGlut3-dependent glutamatergic transmission in the striatum

Higley MJ, Gittis AH, Oldenburg IA, Balthasar N, Seal RP, Edwards RH, Lowell BB, Kreitzer AC, Sabatini BL (2011) PLoS One

2011
November 26, 2010

Lynx for braking plasticity

Higley MJ, Strittmatter SM (2010) Science

2010
July 4, 2010

Competitive regulation of synaptic Ca2+ influx by D2 dopamine and A2A adenosine receptors

Higley MJ, Sabatini BL (2010) Nature Neuroscience

2010
August 9, 2009

Cholinergic modulation of multivesicular release regulates striatal synaptic potency and integration

Higley MJ*, Soler-Llavina GJ*, Sabatini BL (2009) Nature Neuroscience

2009
December 10, 2008

Destabilization of the postsynaptic density by PSD-95 serine 73 phosphorylation inhibits spine growth and synaptic plasticity

Steiner P, Higley MJ, Xu W, Czervionke BL, Malenka RC, Sabatini BL (2008) Neuron

2008
September 25, 2008

Calcium signaling in dendrites and spines: Practical and functional considerations

Higley MJ, Sabatini BL (2008) Neuron

2008
March 17, 2008

Developmental presence and disappearance of postsynaptically silent synapses on dendritic spines of rat layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons

Busetto G, Higley MJ, Sabatini BL (2008) Journal of Physiology

2008
May 1, 2007

Frequency adaptation modulates spatial integration of sensory responses in the rat whisker system

Higley MJ, Contreras D (2007) Journal of Neurophysiology

2007
January 1, 2007

Cellular mechanisms of suppressive interactions between somatosensory responses in vivo

Higley MJ, Contreras D (2007) Journal of Neurophysiology

2007
January 11, 2006

Balanced excitation and inhibition determine spike timing during frequency adaptation

Higley MJ, Contreras D (2006) Journal of Neuroscience

2006
April 1, 2005

Single-column thalamocortical network model exhibiting gamma oscillations, sleep spindles, and epileptogenic bursts

Traub RD, Contreras D, Cunningham MO, Murray H, LeBeau FE, Roopun A, Bibbig A, Wilent WB, Higley MJ, Whittington MA (2005) Journal of Neurophysiology

2005
April 1, 2005

Integration of synaptic responses to neighboring whiskers in rat barrel cortex in vivo

Higley MJ, Contreras D (2005) Journal of Neurophysiology

2005
November 12, 2003

Nonlinear integration of sensory responses in the rat barrel cortex: an intracellular study in vivo

Higley MJ, Contreras D (2003) Journal of Neuroscience

2003
February 1, 2001

Recovery of associative function following early amygdala lesions in rats

Higley MJ, Hermer-Vazquez L, Levitsky DA, Strupp BJ (2001) Behavioral Neuroscience

2001