Thilo Womelsdorf
@thiwomTO
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Vanderbilt Univ, Nashville, TN
Joined April 2015
Now out - we show that PV and SOM inhibitory interneurons contribute synergistically to generate cortical oscillations at various frequencies (from gamma down to beta/alpha) and control network stability... https://t.co/5IGtgoZJKK - with Farzin Tahvili and Matteo Di Volo - 1/3
Unique functional roles of PV and SOM cells in controlling network oscillations and stability - the CAMINOS model fits a wide range of ephys and opto data and predicts hierarchical gradients in oscillation frequencies & seizure propensity based on SOM/PV densities and activation
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Also check out our website for a detailed guide and overview: https://t.co/I9plsqjfMe
🚀 🚀Preprint out now on bioRxiv! “KIASORT: Knowledge-Integrated Automated Spike Sorting for Geometry-Free Neuron Tracking” Brings geometry-free, per-neuron drift correction, without uniform movement assumptions in large-scale recordings. 🔗 https://t.co/FDDfOWixvl 👇Code + docs
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GUI walkthrough & tutorial video here: https://t.co/ik7wdhQJBB Code & install instructions on GitHub:
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KIASORT: Knowledge-Integrated Automated Spike Sorting for Geometry-Free Neuron Tracking - banaiek/KIASORT
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🚀 🚀Preprint out now on bioRxiv! “KIASORT: Knowledge-Integrated Automated Spike Sorting for Geometry-Free Neuron Tracking” Brings geometry-free, per-neuron drift correction, without uniform movement assumptions in large-scale recordings. 🔗 https://t.co/FDDfOWixvl 👇Code + docs
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Identifying single units from extracellularly recorded neural signals is critical for understanding brain circuit dynamics. With the advancements of large-scale recordings, efficient and precise...
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Notable: mental re-ordering (swapping) was more likely with better learning the initial sequence (=memory) (otherwise NHPs keep using serial chaining strategy) and correlates with working memory performance - kudos to Xuan, Adam and Seema for pulling this off ! 2 / 2
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New paper shows how nonhuman primates learn (5-) object sequences and use context cues to mentally re-order objects within a learned sequence – showing that NHPs form non-spatial cognitive maps 1 / 2
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Compared to humans, non-human primates appear less able to mentally rearrange items to new, non-adjacent temporal positions. This study shows that macaques can learn to rearrange members of 5-object...
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Overall, the effects suggests that stimulation induced uncertainty in the ACC (with few exceptions) and in striatum boosted feature-specific credit assignment and updating of attentional priorities. Kudos to Louis, Kia, Charlie, Adam and Paul for pulling this off.
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Modeling suggests stimulation improved/impaired directed exploration/information gathering of relevant objects and the updating of feature values. Recordings showed ACC firing tracked feature uncertainty and error history, while striatum tracked stronger feature values of objects
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New paper shows causal effects of gaze-contingent stimulation on learning feature-based attention: Treuting et al. (2025) Adaptive Reinforcement Learning is causally supported by Anterior Cingulate Cortex and Striatum. Neuron https://t.co/nEsn6HXW9j 1/2
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Experience reorganizes content-specific memory traces in macaques 🐒🧠. @perpl_lab @AymanAljishi
https://t.co/TDx7wYbgE0
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Memory formation requires neural activity reorganization during experience that persists in sleep. How these processes promote learning while preserving established memories remains unclear. We...
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Humor me: I’m reactivating the latest preprint from the lab (itza “new” trace) 🤓
Experience reorganizes content-specific memory traces in macaques 🐒🧠. @perpl_lab @AymanAljishi
https://t.co/TDx7wYbgE0
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What makes memories last—dynamic ensembles or static synapses? | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and… https://t.co/mqcd0KOD5a Thanks to @JasonSynaptic for organizing!
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Teasing out how different subfields conceptualize central terms might help move this long-standing debate forward. I asked eight scientists to weigh in.
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Excited to share that the latest @perpl_lab paper is published in @CellReports. We describe the dynamics of superficial and deep CA1 pyramidal cells and identified putative groups of inhibitory cells in freely moving, thinking, and sleeping macaques. 1/n
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Led by Satoka Fujimoto and with @RussBEneuro and @HelenMaybergMD our first paper on the effects of deep brain stimulation in the brain. What’s exciting is that we find it induces white matter remodeling in specific tracts. @SinaiBrain
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Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an emerging therapeutic option for treatment resistant neurological and psychiatric disorders, most notably depression. Despite this, little is known about the...
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The conclusion is the ACC causally meta-adjusts learning strategies during periods of uncertainty to infer which objects to choose/attend/explore for best outcomes. kudos to @LTreuting44120 and the team with @KiaBanaie to pull this off!! 3/3
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An adaptive RL/WM learning model suggests ACC-stimulation had primary effects: impairing integration of feature specific prediction errors over time; and secondary effects: impairing meta-adjustment of exploration-over-exploitation AND the use of working memory for learning. 2/3
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If you are interested in how the Anterior Cingulate Cortex affects behavior: Brief ACC-stimulation when an object is fixated changes inferring the relevance of that object over other objects, i.e. ACC reduces uncertainty about the objects' value. 1/3 https://t.co/mCkkHC3Svg
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Short Summary The anterior cingulate cortex encodes object-specific reward histories, but how this information contributes to behavior has remained unclear. This paper shows that micro-stimulating...
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Group photo of inaugural Multi-Area, high-Density, Laminar Neurophysiology (MaDeLaNe) workshop @VanderbiltU. Thanks @martin_a_vinck @perpl_lab @AkellaShailaja @jake_westerberg @KiaBanaie @thiwomTO Alex Maier, students and tutors! LFPs and spikes making a cameo - see them!?? ;)
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Check out our new paper on "state-dependent circuit dynamics of superficial and deep CA1 pyramidal cells in macaques" now available on @biorxivpreprint #biorxiv_neursci @perpl_lab
https://t.co/gP2RhBzQnR
State-dependent circuit dynamics of superficial and deep CA1 pyramidal cells in macaques https://t.co/ZaCYFUYoRc
#biorxiv_neursci
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