Search Results - "Ahrens, Allison M"

Flexible simultaneous mesoscale two-photon imaging of neural activity at high speeds by Clough, Mitchell, Chen, Ichun Anderson, Park, Seong-Wook, Ahrens, Allison M., Stirman, Jeffrey N., Smith, Spencer L., Chen, Jerry L.

“…Understanding brain function requires monitoring local and global brain dynamics. Two-photon imaging of the brain across mesoscopic scales has presented…”
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jYCaMP: an optimized calcium indicator for two-photon imaging at fiber laser wavelengths by Mohr, Manuel Alexander, Bushey, Daniel, Aggarwal, Abhi, Marvin, Jonathan S., Kim, Jeong Jun, Marquez, Emiliano Jimenez, Liang, Yajie, Patel, Ronak, Macklin, John J., Lee, Chi-Yu, Tsang, Arthur, Tsegaye, Getahun, Ahrens, Allison M., Chen, Jerry L., Kim, Douglas S., Wong, Allan M., Looger, Loren L., Schreiter, Eric R., Podgorski, Kaspar

“…Femtosecond lasers at fixed wavelengths above 1,000 nm are powerful, stable and inexpensive, making them promising sources for two-photon microscopy…”
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Neural Activity in the Ventral Pallidum Encodes Variation in the Incentive Value of a Reward Cue by Ahrens, Allison M, Meyer, Paul J, Ferguson, Lindsay M, Robinson, Terry E, Aldridge, J Wayne

“…There is considerable individual variation in the extent to which reward cues are attributed with incentive salience. For example, a food-predictive…”
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Running speed and REM sleep control two distinct modes of rapid interhemispheric communication by Ghosh, Megha, Yang, Fang-Chi, Rice, Sharena P., Hetrick, Vaughn, Gonzalez, Alcides Lorenzo, Siu, Danny, Brennan, Ellen K.W., John, Tibin T., Ahrens, Allison M., Ahmed, Omar J.

“…Rhythmic gamma-band communication within and across cortical hemispheres is critical for optimal perception, navigation, and memory. Here, using multisite…”
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Reduction of Dopamine Synaptic Activity: Degradation of 50-kHz Ultrasonic Vocalization in Rats by Ciucci, Michelle R, Ahrens, Allison M, Ma, Sean T, Kane, Jacqueline R, Windham, E. Blake, Woodlee, Martin T, Schallert, Timothy

“…Vocal deficits are prevalent and debilitating in Parkinson's disease. These deficits may be related to the initial pathology of the nigrostriatal dopamine…”
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High-speed low-light in vivo two-photon voltage imaging of large neuronal populations by Platisa, Jelena, Ye, Xin, Ahrens, Allison M., Liu, Chang, Chen, Ichun Anderson, Davison, Ian G., Tian, Lei, Pieribone, Vincent A., Chen, Jerry L.

“…Monitoring spiking activity across large neuronal populations at behaviorally relevant timescales is critical for understanding neural circuit function. Unlike…”
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Neural circuits linking sleep and addiction: Animal models to understand why select individuals are more vulnerable to substance use disorders after sleep deprivation by Ahrens, Allison M., Ahmed, Omar J.

“…•There is individual variation in the effects of sleep loss on reward circuitry.•This individual variation has been difficult to study in preclinical animal…”
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Assessing the role of dopamine in limb and cranial-oromotor control in a rat model of Parkinson's disease by Kane, Jacqueline R, Ciucci, Michelle R, Jacobs, Amber N, Tews, Nathan, Russell, John A, Ahrens, Allison M, Ma, Sean T, Britt, Joshua M, Cormack, Lawrence K, Schallert, Timothy

“…Abstract Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder primarily characterized by sensorimotor dysfunction. The neuropathology of PD includes a loss…”
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Neurons of the Ventral Tegmental Area Encode Individual Differences in Motivational "Wanting" for Reward Cues by Ferguson, Lindsay M, Ahrens, Allison M, Longyear, Lauren G, Aldridge, J Wayne

“…It has been argued that the dopaminergic system is involved in the attribution of motivational value to reward predictive cues as well as prediction error. To…”
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Rats that sign-track are resistant to Pavlovian but not instrumental extinction by Ahrens, Allison M., Singer, Bryan F., Fitzpatrick, Christopher J., Morrow, Jonathan D., Robinson, Terry E.

“…•Sign trackers (STs) attribute more incentive salience to cues than goal trackers (GTs).•We examined STs and GTs when a Pavlovian cue was no longer…”
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Repeated intravenous cocaine experience: Development and escalation of pre-drug anticipatory 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations in rats by Ma, Sean T., Maier, Esther Y., Ahrens, Allison M., Schallert, Timothy, Duvauchelle, Christine L.

“…Ultrasonic vocalization (USV) in the 50-kHz range occurs in rats immediately upon first-time exposure to cocaine or amphetamine, and rapidly increases with…”
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Individual differences in the conditioned and unconditioned rat 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations elicited by repeated amphetamine exposure by Ahrens, Allison M., Nobile, Cameron W., Page, Lindsay E., Maier, Esther Y., Duvauchelle, Christine L., Schallert, Timothy

“…Rationale Adult rats often produce 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs), particularly the frequency-modulated varieties, in appetitive situations. These…”
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The missing variable: ultrasonic vocalizations reveal hidden sensitization and tolerance-like effects during long-term cocaine administration by Maier, Esther Y., Abdalla, Mohamed, Ahrens, Allison M., Schallert, Timothy, Duvauchelle, Christine L.

“…Rationale Subtypes of 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) in rats are thought to reflect positive affect and occur with cocaine or amphetamine delivery. In…”
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DeepVID v2: self-supervised denoising with decoupled spatiotemporal enhancement for low-photon voltage imaging by Liu, Chang, Lu, Jiayu, Wu, Yicun, Ye, Xin, Ahrens, Allison M, Platisa, Jelena, Pieribone, Vincent A, Chen, Jerry L, Tian, Lei

“…Voltage imaging is a powerful tool for studying the dynamics of neuronal activities in the brain. However, voltage imaging data are fundamentally corrupted by…”
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Repeated intravenous amphetamine exposure: Rapid and persistent sensitization of 50-kHz ultrasonic trill calls in rats by Ahrens, Allison M., Ma, Sean T., Maier, Esther Y., Duvauchelle, Christine L., Schallert, Timothy

“…Short 50-kilohertz (kHz) range frequency-modulated ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) produced by rats and mice are unconditionally elicited by drugs of abuse or…”
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Cocaine deprivation effect: Cue abstinence over weekends boosts anticipatory 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations in rats by Maier, Esther Y., Ahrens, Allison M., Ma, Sean T., Schallert, Timothy, Duvauchelle, Christine L.

“…In drug dependence studies, rats are often tested daily with short breaks (such as weekends) spent untested in their home cages. Research on alcohol models has…”
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Dynamic Encoding of Incentive Salience in the Ventral Pallidum: Dependence on the Form of the Reward Cue by Ahrens, Allison M, Ferguson, Lindsay M, Robinson, Terry E, Aldridge, J Wayne

“…Some rats are especially prone to attribute incentive salience to a cue (conditioned stimulus, CS) paired with food reward (sign-trackers, STs), but the extent…”
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Limb use and complex ultrasonic vocalization in a rat model of Parkinson's disease: Deficit-targeted training by Ciucci, Michelle R, Ma, Sean T, Kane, Jacqueline R, Ahrens, Allison M, Schallert, Timothy

“…Abstract Recent evidence in animal models of Parkinson's disease (PD) suggests that exercise and other forms of motor enhancement can be beneficial when…”
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Cocaine deprivation effect: Cue abstinence over weekends boosts anticipatory 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations in rats: Behavioural and Neural Plasticity by MAIER, Esther Y, AHRENS, Allison M, MA, Sean T, SCHALLERT, Timothy, DUVAUCHELLE, Christine L

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