LSENS Publications

Original Papers:

Oryshchuk A, Sourmpis C, Weverbergh J, Asri R, Esmaeili V, Modirshanechi A, Gerstner W, Petersen CCH, Crochet S (2024) Distributed and specific encoding of sensory, motor and decision information in the mouse neocortex during goal-directed behavior. Cell Reports 43: 113618. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113618

Li WR, Nakano T, Mizutani K, Matsubara T, Kawatani M, Mukai Y, Danjo T, Ito H, Aizawa H, Yamanaka A, Petersen CCH, Yoshimoto J, Yamashita T (2023) Neural mechanisms underlying uninstructed orofacial movements during reward-based learning behaviors. Curr Biol 33: 3436-3451. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.07.013

Kiritani T, Pala A, Gasselin C, Crochet S, Petersen CCH (2023) Membrane potential dynamics of excitatory and inhibitory neurons in mouse barrel cortex during active whisker sensing. PLOS ONE 18: e0287174. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287174

Matteucci G, Guyoton M, Mayrhofer JM, Auffret M, Foustoukos G, Petersen CCH, El-Boustani S (2022) Cortical sensory processing across motivational states during goal-directed behavior. Neuron 110: 4176-4193. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2022.09.032

Esmaeili V, Oryshchuk A, Asri R, Tamura K, Foustoukos G, Liu Y, Guiet R, Crochet S, Petersen CCH (2022) Learning-related congruent and incongruent changes of excitation and inhibition in distinct cortical areas. PLoS Biol 20: e3001667. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001667

Liu Y, Foustoukos G, Crochet S, Petersen CCH (2022) Axonal and dendritic morphology of excitatory neurons in layer 2/3 mouse barrel cortex imaged through whole-brain two-photon tomography and registered to a digital brain atlas. Front Neuroanat 15: 791015. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2021.791015

Sippy T, Chaimowitz C, Crochet S, Petersen CCH (2021) Cell type-specific membrane potential changes in dorsolateral striatum accompanying reward-based sensorimotor learning. FUNCTION 2: zqab49. doi: 10.1093/function/zqab049

Esmaeili V, Tamura K, Muscinelli SP, Modirshanechi A, Boscaglia M, Lee AB, Oryshchuk A, Foustoukos G, Liu Y, Crochet S, Gerstner W, Petersen CCH (2021) Rapid suppression and sustained activation of distinct cortical regions for a delayed sensory-triggered motor response. Neuron 109: 2183-2201. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.05.005

Hwang YS, Maclachlan C, Blanc J, Dubois A, Petersen CCH, Knott G, Lee SH (2021) 3D ultrastructure of synaptic inputs to distinct GABAergic neurons in the mouse primary visual cortex. Cereb Cortex 31: 2610-2624. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa378.

Gasselin C, Hohl B, Vernet A, Crochet S, Petersen CCH (2021) Cell-type-specific nicotinic input disinhibits mouse barrel cortex during active sensing. Neuron 109: 778-787. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.12.018.

Tamada H, Blanc J, Korogod N, Petersen CCH, Knott GW (2020) Ultrastructural comparison of dendritic spine morphology preserved with cryo and chemical fixation. eLife 9: e56384. doi: 10.7554/eLife.56384

Vavladeli A, Daigle T, Zeng H, Crochet S, Petersen CCH (2020) Projection-specific activity of layer 2/3 neurons imaged in mouse primary somatosensory barrel cortex during a whisker detection task. FUNCTION 1: zqaa008. doi: 10.1093/function/zqaa008

El-Boustani S, Sermet BS, Foustoukos G, Oram TB, Yizhar O, Petersen CCH (2020) Anatomically and functionally distinct thalamocortical inputs to primary and secondary mouse whisker somatosensory cortices. Nat Commun 11: 3342. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17087-7

Song YH, Hwang YS, Kim K, Lee HR, Kim JH, Maclachlan C, Dubois A, Jung MW, Petersen CCH, Knott G, Lee SH, Lee SH (2020) Somatostatin enhances visual processing and perception by suppressing excitatory inputs to parvalbumin-positive interneurons in V1. Sci Adv 6: eaaz0517. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz0517

Sermet BS, Truschow P, Feyerabend M, Mayrhofer JM, Oram TB, Yizhar O, Staiger JF, Petersen CCH (2019) Pathway-, layer- and cell-type-specific thalamic input to mouse barrel cortex. eLife 8: e52665. doi: 10.7554/eLife.52665

Mayrhofer JM, El-Boustani S, Foustoukos G, Auffret M, Tamura K, Petersen CCH (2019) Distinct contributions of whisker sensory cortex and tongue-jaw motor cortex in a goal-directed sensorimotor transformation. Neuron 103: 1034-1043. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.07.008

Pala A, Petersen CCH (2018) State-dependent cell-type-specific membrane potential dynamics and unitary synaptic inputs in awake mice. eLife 7: e35869. doi: 10.7554/eLife.35869

Yamashita T, Vavladeli A, Pala A, Galan K, Crochet S, Petersen SSA, Petersen CCH (2018) Diverse long-range axonal projections of excitatory layer 2/3 neurons in mouse barrel cortex. Front Neuroanat 12: 33. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2018.00033

Le Merre P, Esmaeili V, Charrière E, Galan K, Salin PA, Petersen CCH, Crochet S (2018) Reward-based learning drives rapid sensory signals in medial prefrontal cortex and dorsal hippocampus necessary for goal-directed behavior. Neuron 97: 83-91. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.11.031

Auffret M, Ravano VL, Rossi GMC, Hankov N, Petersen MFA, Petersen CCH (2018) Optogenetic stimulation of cortex to map evoked whisker movements in awake head-restrained mice. Neuroscience 368: 199-213. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.04.004

Setareh H, Deger M, Petersen CCH, Gerstner W (2017) Cortical dynamics in presence of assemblies of densely connected weight-hub neurons. Front Comput Neurosci 11: 52.

Lefort S, Petersen CCH (2017) Layer-dependent short-term synaptic plasticity between excitatory neurons in the C2 barrel column of mouse primary somatosensory cortex. Cereb Cortex 27: 3869-3878.

Kyriakatos A, Sadashivaiah V, Zhang Y, Motta A, Auffret M, Petersen CCH (2017) Voltage-sensitive dye imaging of mouse neocortex during a whisker detection task. Neurophotonics 4: 031204.

Sreenivasan V, Kyriakatos A, Mateo C, Jaeger D, Petersen CCH (2017) Parallel pathways from whisker and visual sensory cortices to distinct frontal regions of mouse neocortex. Neurophotonics 4: 031203.

Sreenivasan V, Esmaeili V, Kiritani T, Galan K, Crochet S, Petersen CCH (2016) Movement initiation signals in mouse whisker motor cortex. Neuron 92: 1368-1382.

Yamashita T, Petersen CCH (2016) Target-specific membrane potential dynamics of neocortical projection neurons during goal-directed behavior. eLife 5: e15798.

Sachidhanandam S, Sermet BS, Petersen CCH (2016) Parvalbumin-expressing GABAergic neurons in mouse barrel cortex contribute to gating a goal-directed sensorimotor transformation. Cell Reports 15: 700-706.

Urbain N, Salin PA, Libourel PA, Comte JC, Gentet LJ, Petersen CCH (2015) Whisking-related changes in neuronal firing and membrane potential dynamics in the somatosensory thalamus of awake mice. Cell Reports 13: 647-656.

Sippy T, Lapray D, Crochet S, Petersen CCH (2015) Cell-type-specific sensorimotor processing in striatal projection neurons during goal-directed behavior. Neuron 88: 298-305. Video abstract

Korogod N, Petersen CCH, Knott GW (2015) Ultrastructural analysis of adult mouse neocortex comparing aldehyde perfusion and cryo fixation. eLife 4: e05793.

Sreenivasan V, Karmakar K, Rijli FM, Petersen CCH (2015) Parallel pathways from motor and somatosensory cortex for controlling whisker movements in mice. Eur J Neurosci 41: 354-367.

Pala A, Petersen CCH (2015) In vivo measurement of cell-type-specific synaptic connectivity and synaptic transmission in layer 2/3 mouse barrel cortex. Neuron 85: 68-75.

Eggermann E, Kremer Y, Crochet S, Petersen CCH (2014) Cholinergic signals in mouse barrel cortex during active whisker sensing. Cell Reports 9: 1654-1660.

Tomm C, Avermann M, Petersen CCH, Gerstner W, Vogels TP (2014) Connection-type specific biases make random network models consistent with cortical recordings. J Neurophysiol 112: 1801-1814.

Yamashita T, Pala A, Pedrido L, Kremer Y, Welker E, Petersen CCH (2013) Membrane potential dynamics of neocortical projection neurons driving target-specific signals. Neuron 80: 1477-1490.

Sachidhanandam S, Sreenivasan V, Kyriakatos A, Kremer Y, Petersen CCH (2013) Membrane potential correlates of sensory perception in mouse barrel cortex. Nat Neurosci 16: 1671-1677.

Avermann M, Tomm C, Mateo C, Gerstner W, Petersen CCH (2012) Microcircuits of excitatory and inhibitory neurons in layer 2/3 of mouse barrel cortex. J Neurophysiol 107: 3116-3134.

Gentet LJ, Kremer Y, Taniguchi H, Huang ZJ, Staiger JF, Petersen CCH (2012) Unique functional properties of somatostatin-expressing GABAergic neurons in mouse barrel cortex. Nat Neurosci 15: 607-612.

Mensi S, Naud R, Pozzorini C, Avermann M, Petersen CCH, Gerstner W (2012) Parameter extraction and classification of three cortical neuron types reveals two distinct adaptation mechanisms. J Neurophysiol 107: 1756-1775.

Poulet JFA, Fernandez LM, Crochet S, Petersen CCH (2012) Thalamic control of cortical states. Nat Neurosci 15: 370-372.

Mateo C, Avermann M, Gentet LJ, Zhang F, Deisseroth K, Petersen CCH (2011) In vivo optogenetic stimulation of neocortical excitatory neurons drives brain-state-dependent inhibition. Curr Biol 21: 1593-1602.

Crochet S, Poulet JFA, Kremer Y, Petersen CCH (2011) Synaptic mechanisms underlying sparse coding of active touch. Neuron 69: 1160-1175.

Matyas F, Sreenivasan V, Marbach F, Wacongne C, Barsy B, Mateo C, Aronoff R, Petersen CCH (2010) Motor control by sensory cortex. Science 330: 1240-1243.

Gentet LJ, Avermann M, Matyas F, Staiger JF, Petersen CCH (2010) Membrane potential dynamics of GABAergic neurons in the barrel cortex of behaving mice. Neuron 65: 422-435. Video Abstract

Lefort S, Tomm C, Sarria JCF, Petersen CCH (2009) The excitatory neuronal network of the C2 barrel column in mouse primary somatosensory cortex. Neuron 61: 301-316.

Gersbach M, Boiko DL, Niclass C, Petersen CCH, Charbon E (2009) Fast-fluorescence dynamics in nonratiometric calcium indicators. Optics Letters 34: 362-364.

Badel L, Lefort S, Berger TK, Petersen CCH, Gerstner W, Richardson MJ (2008) Extracting non-linear integrate-and-fire models from experimental data using dynamic I-V curves. Biol Cybern 99: 361-370.

Poulet JFA, Petersen CCH (2008) Internal brain state regulates membrane potential synchrony in barrel cortex of behaving mice. Nature 454: 881-885.

Badel L, Lefort S, Brette R, Petersen CCH, Gerstner W, Richardson MJ (2008) Dynamic I-V curves are reliable predictors of naturalistic pyramidal-neuron voltage traces. J Neurophysiol 99: 656-666.

Aronoff R, Petersen CCH (2007) Layer- and column-specific knockout of NMDA receptors in pyramidal neurons of the mouse barrel cortex. Front Integr Neurosci 1: 1.

Ferezou I, Haiss F, Gentet LJ, Aronoff R, Weber B, Petersen CCH (2007) Spatiotemporal dynamics of cortical sensorimotor integration in behaving mice. Neuron 56: 907-923.

Berger T, Borgdorff AJ, Crochet S, Neubauer FB, Lefort S, Fauvet B, Ferezou I, Carleton A, Luscher HR, Petersen CCH (2007) Combined voltage and calcium epifluorescence imaging in vitro and in vivo reveals subthreshold and suprathreshold dynamics of mouse barrel cortex. J Neurophysiol 97: 3751-3762.

Accolla R, Bathellier B, Petersen CCH, Carleton A (2007) Differential spatial representation of taste modalities in the rat gustatory cortex. J Neurosci 27: 1396-1404.

Borgdorff AJ, Poulet JFA, Petersen CCH (2007) Facilitating sensory responses in developing mouse somatosensory barrel cortex. J Neurophysiol 97: 2992-3003.

Ferezou I, Bolea S, Petersen CCH (2006) Visualizing the cortical representation of whisker touch: voltage-sensitive dye imaging in freely moving mice. Neuron 50: 617-629.

Crochet S, Petersen CCH (2006) Correlating whisker behavior with membrane potential in barrel cortex of awake mice. Nat Neurosci 9: 608-610.

Kvajo M, Albrecht H, Meins M, Hengst U, Troncoso E, Lefort S, Kiss JZ, Petersen CCH, Monard D (2004) Regulation of brain proteolytic activity is necessary for the in vivo function of NMDA receptors. J Neurosci 24: 9734-9743.

Reviews:

Bech P, Crochet S, Dard R, Ghaderi P, Liu Y, Malekzadeh M, Petersen CCH, Pulin M, Renard A, Sourmpis C (2023) Striatal dopamine signals and reward learning. FUNCTION 4: zqad056. doi: 10.1093/function/zqad056

Grün S, Li J, McNaughton B, Petersen C, McCormick D, Robson D, Buzsáki G, Harris K, Sejnowski T, Mrsic-Flogel T, Lindén H, Roland PE (2022) Emerging principles of spacetime in brains: Meeting report on spatial neurodynamics. Neuron 110: 1894-1898. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2022.05.018

Petersen CCH, Knott GW, Holtmaat A, Schürmann F (2021) Toward biophysical mechanisms of neocortical computation after 50 years of barrel cortex research. FUNCTION 2: zqaa046. doi: 10.1093/function/zqaa046

Staiger JF, Petersen CCH (2021) Neuronal circuits in barrel cortex for whisker sensory perception. Physiol Rev 101: 353-415.
doi: 10.1152/physrev.00019.2019

Esmaeili V, Tamura K, Foustoukos G, Oryshchuk A, Crochet S, Petersen CCH (2020) Cortical circuits for transforming whisker sensation into goal-directed licking. Curr Opin Neurobiol 65: 38-48. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2020.08.003

Petersen OH, Petersen CCH (2020) In memoriam Sir Michael Berridge 1938 – 2020. Cell Calcium 88: 102209. doi: 10.1016/j.ceca.2020.102209

Petersen CCH (2019) Sensorimotor processing in the rodent barrel cortex. Nat Rev Neurosci 20: 533-546.

Crochet S, Lee S-H, Petersen CCH (2019) Neural circuits for goal-directed sensorimotor transformations. Trends Neurosci 42: 66-77.

Petersen CCH (2017) Whole-cell recording of neuronal membrane potential during behavior. Neuron 95: 1266-1281.

Sreenivasan V, Petersen CCH (2016) Inhibition patterns the whisking rhythm. Neuron 90: 211-213.

Lin, SC, Brown RE, Shuler MGH, Petersen CCH, Kepecs A (2015) Optogenetic dissection of the basal forebrain neuromodulatory control of cortical activation, plasticity, and cognition. J Neurosci 35: 13896-13903.

Crochet S, Petersen CCH (2015) Cortical sensorimotor reverberations. Neuron 86: 1116-1118.

Petersen CCH (2014) Cortical control of whisker movement. Annu Rev Neurosci 37: 183-203.

Crochet S, Petersen CCH (2014) From perception to action: a spatiotemporal cortical map. Neuron 81: 5-8.

Petersen CCH (2014) Cell-type specific function of GABAergic neurons in layers 2 and 3 of mouse barrel cortex. Curr Opin Neurobiol 26: 1-6.

Petersen CCH, Crochet S (2013) Synaptic computation and sensory processing in neocortical layer 2/3. Neuron 78: 28-48.

Feldmeyer D, Brecht M, Helmchen F, Petersen CCH, Poulet JFA, Staiger JF, Luhmann HJ, Schwarz C (2013) Barrel cortex function. Prog Neurobiol 103: 3-27.

Aronoff R, Matyas F, Mateo C, Ciron C, Schneider B, Petersen CCH (2010) Long-range connectivity of mouse primary somatosensory barrel cortex. Eur J Neurosci 31: 2221-2233.

Crochet S, Petersen CCH (2009) Cortical dynamics by layers. Neuron 64: 298-300.

Petersen CCH (2009) Genetic determinants of barrel cortex map formation. Eur J Neurosci 29: 1378.

Petersen CCH (2009) Genetic manipulation, whole-cell recordings and functional imaging of the sensorimotor cortex of behaving mice. Acta Physiol 195: 91-99.

Helmchen F, Petersen CCH (2008) New views into the brain of mice on the move. Nat Methods 5: 925-926.

Aronoff R, Petersen CCH (2008) Layer, column and cell-type specific genetic manipulation in mouse barrel cortex. Front Neurosci 2: 64-71.

Ascoli GA, Alonso-Nanclares L, Anderson SA, Barrionuevo G, Benavides-Piccione R, Burkhalter A, Buzsáki G, Cauli B, DeFelipe J, Fairén A, Feldmeyer D, Fishell G, Fregnac Y, Freund TF, Gardner D, Gardner EP, Goldberg JH, Helmstaedter M, Hestrin S, Karube F, Kisvárday ZF, Lambolez B, Lewis DA, Marin O, Markram H, Muñoz A, Packer A, Petersen CCH, Rockland KS, Rossier J, Rudy B, Somogyi P, Staiger JF, Tamas G, Thomson AM, Toledo-Rodriguez M, Wang Y, West DC, Yuste R (2008) Petilla terminology: nomenclature of features of GABAergic interneurons of the cerebral cortex. Nature Rev Neurosci 9: 557-568.

Petersen CCH (2007) The functional organization of the barrel cortex. Neuron 56: 339-355.

Aronoff R, Petersen CCH (2006) Controlled and localized genetic manipulation in the brain. J Cell Mol Med 10: 333-352.

Petersen CCH (2005) Evoking spontaneous activity. Neuron 48: 710-711.

Petersen CCH (2003) The barrel cortex – integrating molecular, cellular and systems physiology. Pflugers Arch 447: 126-134.

Book Chapters:

Petersen CCH (2017) Barrel cortex circuits. Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences. Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.99321-8

Grinvald A, Petersen CCH (2015) Imaging the dynamics of neocortical population activity in behaving and freely moving mammals. Adv Exp Med Biol 859: 273-296. Chapter 11 in ‘Membrane potential imaging in the nervous system and heart’. Edited by Marco Canepari, Dejan Zecevic and Olivier Bernus. Published by Springer.

Petersen CCH (2014) Voltage-sensitive dye imaging of cortical dynamics. Chapter 8 in ‘Optical imaging of neocortical dynamics’. Edited by Bruno Weber and Fritjof Helmchen. Published by Springer.

Lüscher C, Petersen CCH (2013) The Synapse. Chapter 8 in ‘Neurosciences – from molecule to behavior: a university textbook’. Edited by Giovanni Galizia and Pierre-Marie Lledo. Published by Springer.

Petersen CCH (2011) Voltage-sensitive dye imaging of cortical spatiotemporal dynamics in awake behaving mice. Chapter in ‘Imaging in neuroscience’. Edited by Fritjof Helmchen and Arthur Konnerth. Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.

Grinvald A, Petersen CCH (2010) Imaging the dynamics of neocortical population activity in behaving and freely moving mammals. Chapter in ‘Membrane potential imaging in the nervous system’. Edited by Marco Canepari and Dejan Zecevic. Published by Springer.

Ferezou I, Matyas F, Petersen CCH (2009) Imaging the brain in action – real-time voltage-sensitive dye imaging of sensorimotor cortex of awake behaving mice. Chapter in ‘In vivo optical imaging of brain function’. Edited by Ron Frostig. Published by CRC Press.

Petersen CCH (2009) Barrel Cortex Circuits. Chapter in ‘Encyclopedia of Neuroscience’. Volume 2, pp. 41-45. Edited by Larry Squire. Published by Academic Press, Oxford, UK.

Crochet S, Ferezou I, Petersen CCH (2007) Spontaneous activity of the somatosensory barrel cortex. Chapter 6 in ‘Mechanisms of Spontaneous Active States in the Neocortex’. Edited by Igor Timofeev. Published by Research Signpost.

Petersen CCH (2007) Sensory Systems. Chapter 6 in ‘Lecture Notes on Human Physiology’. Edited by Ole Petersen. Published by Blackwell.

Petersen CCH (2007) Higher Nervous Functions. Chapter 9 in ‘Lecture Notes on Human Physiology’. Edited by Ole Petersen. Published by Blackwell.

Petersen CCH (2006) Advances in understanding cortical function through combined voltage-sensitive dye imaging, whole-cell recordings, and analysis of cellular morphology. Chapter 14 in ‘Neuroanatomical Tract-Tracing 3’. Edited by Laszlo Zaborsky, Floris Wouterlood and Jose Lanciego. Published by Springer.

Petersen CCH (2005) A practical guide: whole-cell recording and voltage-sensitive dye imaging in vivo. Chapter 91 in ‘Imaging in neuroscience and development: a laboratory manual’. Edited by Rafael Yuste and Arthur Konnerth. Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.