Christina Mo

Neuroscientist studying the circuits of perception and decision-making 🧠 🇦🇺 🇺🇸

[Christina Mo @mo_brainer]

Our review on transthalamic pathways is now out in @CommsBio.
We discuss emerging evidence they contribute to perception and decision-making, and why it remains so difficult to isolate their function behaving animals.

Studying circuit function is hard.
https://t.co/lXADdHfLjS

[Baris Kurtkaya @bariskurtkaya]

For years, neuroscientists faced a choice: record what a neuron does in a living animal, or read its molecular identity postmortem. Same cells, both readouts, at scale? Out of reach.

TRU-FACT closes that gap. 🧵

[Optogenetics Australia @OptogeneticsAus]

That’s a wrap on the 4th Optogenetics Australia conference 2025! Thank you to the speakers, sponsors, attendees, organising committee and everyone in between for an illuminating 💡conference. OptoAus 2027 is looking for a home so if you’re interested, get in touch on the website

[Hamid Sohrabi (Personal Views) @HamidRSohrabi]

Inspiring Plenary Speech by A/Prof Jennifer Rodger on Repetitive TMS for sceptics at #ANS2024, Chaired by A/Prof Ann-Maree Vallence!
⁦@AusNeuroSoc⁩
⁦@_hellewell_⁩

[Randy Bruno @TheBrunoCortex]

🧠👂🫰Our paper on the limitations of other sensory modalities to influence a sensory cortex is out today! 🎉
https://t.co/BYA26OCrVa

[Earl K. Miller @MillerLabMIT]

Nice results. You can't understand cortex w/o the thalamus
Primate thalamic nuclei select abstract rules and shape prefrontal dynamics
https://t.co/VoIegLOweP
#Neuroscience
They also find a spectrolaminar cortical motif like this study:
https://t.co/cQo0SBX4pL

[Australasian Neuroscience Society (ANS) @AusNeuroSoc]

We're thrilled to introduce the #ANS2024 Plenary Lecture speaker, A/Prof Jenny Rodger of the @PerronInstitute.
She will discuss repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for sceptics: how understanding mechanisms drives translation and innovation ⚡️

[Steffen Wolff @SBE_Wolff]

The Wolff Lab is looking for a #Postdoc for a NIH-funded project to study how distinct learning systems interact.
Catch me at SfN or reach out via email if you are interested!
#Neurojobs #AcademicJobs

[Sonja Hofer @SonjaBHofer]

Great paper describing brain-wide coordination of neural activity during decision making

[Christina Mo @mo_brainer]

@ewadorotaz Unfortunately not, but I look forward to hearing about it

[John Attridge @John_Attridge]

Academics will write "interestingly" and then impart the driest piece of information you have ever heard in your life

[Shohei Furutachi @ShoheiFurutachi]

What is the nature of sensory prediction error signals in the neocortex?

Our research published in @Nature reveals that these error signals are amplified responses to unexpected inputs, mediated by a cooperative thalamocortical circuit mechanism! 1/4

https://t.co/fS9ztjB1St

[Oded Rechavi @OdedRechavi]

Formatting guide: "use up to 4 modest display items (figures and tables)"

The supplementary information:

[Nature Portfolio @NaturePortfolio]

A study published in @Nature reveals that abstract representations in the human brain, particularly in the hippocampus, help us generalize from past experiences to new situations. https://t.co/HfP2SvG7oI

[Optogenetics Australia @OptogeneticsAus]

We are excited to announce @DrLizzieManning as a speaker at the 4th Optogenetics Australia Meeting in 2025! Lizzie's groundbreaking research uses cutting-edge techniques like optogenetics and aims to bridge the gap between preclinical models and clinical practice. #OptoAus2025

[Graham Pluck @DrGPluck]

It's the cortical-subcortical circuits that matter, as always:

https://t.co/IEqjyVDb9X

[Carlos E Alvarez @CarlosEAlvare17]

Nice dissection of feedforward cortico-thalamo-cortical pathways shows how they are distinct and influential routes of sensory processing.

[Sarah Hellewell @_hellewell_]

Jennifer Rodger of @PerronInstitute @UWAresearch is the ANS Plenary Lecturer. A/Prof Rodger's talk title is "repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for sceptics: how understanding mechanisms drives translation and innovation" #ANS2024

[cedric boeckx @cedricboeckx]

Very nice work by @mo_brainer and colleagues,stressing once more the importance of the thalamus 👇