Mark Augath

TL;DR: These findings suggest that the BOLD contrast mechanism reflects the input and intracortical processing of a given area rather than its spiking output, and that LFPs yield a better estimate of BOLD responses than the multi-unit responses.

TL;DR: The findings indicate that a significant component of the NBR originates in neuronal activity decreases, and this work demonstrates a negative BOLD response (NBR) beyond the stimulated regions of visual cortex.

TL;DR: By electrically stimulating the cerebellum output and imaging responses with functional magnetic resonance imaging, evoked blood oxygen level-dependant activity is observed not only in the classical cerebellar projection target, the primary motor cortex, but also in a number of additional areas in insular, parietal and occipital cortex, including sensory cortical representations.

TL;DR: These findings suggest that during off-line memory consolidation, synergistic thalamocortical activity may be orchestrating a privileged interaction state between hippocampus and cortex by silencing the output of subcortical centres involved in sensory processing or potentially mediating procedural learning.

TL;DR: Using functional magnetic resonance imaging of macaque monkeys, a high-level auditory region is discovered that prefers species-specific vocalizations over other vocalizations and sounds and supports the notion that, for different primate species, the anterior temporal regions of the brain are adapted for recognizing communication signals from conspecifics.