Lab Publications

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Fluctuating internal states mediate neural–behavioral covariations in V1

Nature Neuroscience. 2026 Volume 29 1680-1689
Baowang Li*, Jason M. Samonds*, Yuzhi Chen, Thibaud Taillefumier, Nicholas J. Priebe* and Eyal Seidemann*

Synchrony timescales underlie irregular neocortical spiking

Neuron. 2026 Feb; 114(4)
Jagruti J Pattadkal, Ronan O’Shea, David Hansel, Thibaud Taillefumier*, Darrin H Brager*, Nicholas J Priebe*

Independent Encoding of Orientation and Mean Luminance by Mouse Visual Cortex

eNeuro. 13 January 2026, 13(2)
Ronan T. O’Shea, Xue-Xin Wei* and Nicholas J. Priebe*

Impaired thalamic burst firing in fragile X syndrome 

Cell Reports. 2025 Oct; 44 (116309)
Ronan O’Shea, Nicholas J Priebe*, Darrin H Brager*

Neural Recording Chambers for Long-Term Access to Brain Tissue

J. Neurosci. 2025 Feb; 45(7)
Jagruti J Pattadkal and Nicholas J Priebe

Luminance invariant encoding in primary visual cortex

Cell Reports 2025 Jan; 44 (115217)
Ronan T O’Shea, Ian Nauhaus, Xue-Xin Wei*, Nicholas J Priebe*

Interactions between Saccades and Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements in Marmosets

eNeuro. 2024 Jun 17;11(6)
Jagruti J Pattadkal, Carrie Barr, Nicholas J Priebe

Primate neocortex performs balanced sensory amplification

Neuron. Volume 112, Issue 4, 21 February 2024, Pages 661-675.e7
Jagruti J. Pattadkal, Boris V. Zemelman*, Ila Fiete*, Nicholas J. Priebe*

Response sub-additivity and variability quenching in visual cortex

Nat Rev Neurosci. 2024 Apr;25(4):237-252
Robbe L T Goris, Ruben Coen-Cagli, Kenneth D Miller, Nicholas J Priebe, Máté Lengyel

Exact Analysis of the Subthreshold Variability for Conductance-Based Neuronal Models with Synchronous Synaptic Inputs

Phys. Rev. X 14, 011021 – Published 16 February 2024
Logan A. Becker, Baowang Li, Nicholas J. Priebe, Eyal Seidemann, and Thibaud Taillefumier

Mammals Achieve Common Neural Coverage of Visual Scenes Using Distinct Sampling Behaviors

eNeuro 19 December 2023
Jason M. Samonds, Martin Szinte, Carrie Barr, Anna Montagnini, Guillaume S. Masson and Nicholas J. Priebe

Thalamic Contributions to Visual Cortical Receptive Fields

The Cerebral Cortex and Thalamus, 190 2024
Ronan O’Shea*, Mandi C. Severson*, Nicholas J. Priebe

Ocular following Eye Movements in Marmosets Follow Complex Motion Trajectories

eNeuro 26 May 2023
Jagruti J. Pattadkal, Carrie Barr and Nicholas J. Priebe

Feedforward mechanisms of cross-orientation interactions in mouse V1

Neuron. January 2022 110(2): 2022 297-311
Dylan Barbera, Nicholas J. Priebe*, Lindsey L. Glickfeld*

Natural binocular depth discrimination behavior in mice explained by visual cortical activity

Current Biology. 2021 31(10), 2191–2198
Howard C. Boone, Jason M. Samonds, Emily C. Crouse, Carrie Barr, Nicholas J. Priebe, Aaron W. McGee.

On the rotations of the cranial spheres

Neuron. November 2020 108(3): 399-400
Jagruti J. Pattadkal, Nicholas J. Priebe

Interocular velocity cues elicit vergence eye movements in mice

J Neurophysiol. August 2020 124(2)
Veronica Choi, Nicholas J. Priebe

Voltage-Gated Intrinsic Conductances Shape the Input-Output Relationship of Cortical Neurons in Behaving Primate V1

Neuron. July 2020 107(1): 185-196
Baowang Li, Brandy N. Routh, Daniel Johnston, Eyal Seidemann*, Nicholas J. Priebe*

Synaptic basis for contrast-dependent shifts in functional identity in mouse V1

eNeuro. March 2019
Molis Yunzab*, Veronica Choi*, Hamish Meffin, Shaun L. Cloherty, Nicholas J. Priebe* and Michael R. Ibbotson*

Multiple timescales account for adaptive responses across sensory cortices

J. Neurosci. 11 December 2019, 39 (50) 10019-10033
Kenneth W. Latimer, Dylan Barbera, Michael Sokoletsky, Bshara Awwad, Yonatan Katz, Israel Nelken*, Ilan Lampl*, Adriene L. Fairhall*, Nicholas J. Priebe*

Mice discriminate stereoscopic surfaces without fixating in depth

J. Neurosci. 9 October 2019, 39 (41) 8024-8037
Jason M. Samonds, Veronica Choi and Nicholas J. Priebe

Funtional access to neuron subclasses in rodent and primate forebrain

Cell Reports. March 2019 26(10): 2818-2832
Preeti Mehta, Lauren Kreeger, Dennis C. Wylie, Jagruti J. Pattadkal, Tara Lusignan, Matthew J. Davis, Gergely F. Turi, Wen-Ke Li, Matthew P. Whitmire, Yuzhi Chen, Bridget L. Kajs, Eyal Seidemann, Nicholas J. Priebe, Attila Losonczy, Boris V. Zemelman

Natural image and receptive field statistics predict saccade sizes

Nature Neuroscience. 2018 Volume 21 1591-1599
Jason M. Samonds, Wilson S. Geisler, Nicholas J. Priebe

Motion discrimination and the motion aftereffect in mouse vision

eNeuro. 12 December 2018, 5(6)
Jason M. Samonds, Sarina Lieberman and Nicholas J. Priebe

Emergent Orientation Selectivity from Random Networks in Mouse Visual Cortex

Cell Reports. 2018 24(8): 2042-2050
Jagruti J. Pattadkal, German Mato, Carl van Vreeswijk, Nicholas J. Priebe*, David Hansel*

Binocular disparity selectivity weakened after monocular deprivation in mouse V1

J. Neurosci. 5 July 2017, 37 (27) 6517-6526
Benjamin Scholl*, Jagruti J. Pattadkal*, Nicholas J. Priebe

Orientation selectivity in the visual cortex of the nine-banded armadillo

Journal of Neurophysiology. 2017 117(3): 1395-1406
Benjamin Scholl, Johnathan Rylee, Jeffrey J. Luci, Nicholas J. Priebe, Jeffrey Padberg

Functional characterization and spatial clustering of visual cortical neurons in the predatory grasshopper mouse Onychomys arenicola

Journal of Neurophysiology. 2017 117(3): 910-918
Benjamin Scholl, Jagruti J. Pattadkal, Ashlee Rowe, Nicholas J. Priebe

Mechanisms Of Orientation Selectivity In Primary Visual Cortex

Annual Review of Vision Science. 2016 Vol. 2:85-107
Nicholas J. Priebe

Local Integration Account for Weak Selectivity of Mouse Neocortical Parvalbumin Interneurons

Neuron. 2015 87:424-436
Benjamin Scholl, Jagruti J Pattadkal, Geoffrey A. Dilly, Nicholas J Priebe*, Boris Zemelman*

Motion dependence of smooth pursuit eye movements in the marmoset

J. Neurophys. 2015 113(10): 3954-3960
Jude F Mitchell*, Nicholas J Priebe*, Cory T Miller

Functional characterization of spikelet activity in the primary visual cortex

J. Physiol. 2015 593(22)
Benjamin Scholl, Sari Andoni, Nicholas J Priebe

Mouse vision as a gateway for understanding how experience shapes neural circuits

Front Neural Circuits. 2014.
Nicholas J Prieve, Aaron W McGee

Sensory stimulation shifts visual cortex from synchronous to asynchronous states

Nature. 2014 509(7499):226-229.
Andrew Y. Y. Tan, Yuzhi Chen, Benjamin Scholl, Eyal Seidemann*, Nicholas J. Priebe*

Strabismus Disrupts Binocular Synaptic Integration in Primary Visual Cortex

J. Neurosci. 2013 33(43):17108-17122.
Benjamin Scholl, Andrew Y.Y. Tan, Nicholas Priebe

A spontaneous state of weakly correlated synaptic excitation and inhibition in visual cortex

Neuroscience. 2013 247: 364-375.
Andrew Y.Y. Tan, Sari Andoni, Nicholas J. Priebe

Emergence of Orientation Selectivity in the Mammalian Visual Pathway

J. Neurosci. 2013 33(26):10616-10624.
Benjamin Scholl, Andrew Y.Y. Tan, Joseph Corey, Nicholas Priebe

Binocular Integration and Disparity Selectivity in Mouse Primary Visual Cortex

J. Neurophys. 2013 109(12):3013-3024.
Benjamin Scholl, Johannes Burge, Nicholas J Priebe

Mechanisms of Neuronal Computation in Mammalian Visual Cortex

Neuron. 2012 75(2):194-208.
Nicholas J. Priebe, David Ferster

Cortical Selectivity through Random Connectivity

J. Neurosci. 2012 32(30):10103-4.
Joe Corey, Benjamin Scholl

A Retinal Source of Spatial Contrast Gain Control

J. Neurosci. 2012 32(29):9824-30.
Benjamin Scholl, Kenneth W. Latimer, Nicholas J. Priebe

Binocular disparity selectivity weakened after monocular deprivation in mouse V1

Journal of Neuroscience, 2012
Deepankar Mohanty, Benjamin Scholl, Nicholas J. Priebe 

The accuracy of membrane potential reconstruction based on spiking receptive fields

J. Neurophys. 2011 107 (8): 2143-2153.
Deepankar Mohanty, Benjamin Scholl, Nicholas J Priebe

Spatial organization of repetition rate processing in cat anterior auditory field

Hearing Research. 2011 280: 70-81.
Kazuo Imaizumi, Nicholas J. Priebe, Steven W. Cheung, Christoph E. Schreiner

Orientation Selectivity of Synaptic Input to Neurons in Mouse and Cat Primary Visual Cortex

Journal of Neuroscience. 2011 31 (34) 12339-12350
Andrew Y.Y. Tan, Brandon D. Brown, Benjamin Scholl, Deepankar Mohanty, Nicholas J. Priebe

Mechanisms of direction selectivity in cat primary visual cortex as revealed by visual adaptation.

J Neurophysiol. 2010 Nov; 104(5): 2615–2623.
Nicholas J. Priebe, Ilan Lampl, David Ferster

Encoding of Temporal Information by Timing, Rate, and Place in Cat Auditory Cortex

PLoS One. July 2010 5(7)
Kazuo Imaizumi, Nicholas J. Priebe, Tatyana O. Sharpee, Steven W. Cheung, Christoph E. Schreiner

Each synapse to its own

Nature. 2010 464:1290-1291
Nicholas J. Priebe, David Ferster

Stimulus onset quenches neural variability: a widespread cortical phenomenon

Nature Neuroscience. 2010 13: 368-378
Mark M. Churchland, Byron M. Yu, John P. Cunningham, Leo P. Sugrue, Marlene R. Cohen, Greg S. Corrado, William T. Newsome, Andrew M. Clark, Paymon Hosseini, Benjamin B. Scott, David C. Bradley, Matthew A. Smith, Adam Kohn, J. Anthony Movshon, Katherine M. Armstrong, Tirin Moore, Steve W. Chang, Lawrence H. Snyder, Stephen G. Lisberger, Nicholas J. Priebe, Ian M. Finn, David Ferster, Stephen I. Ryu, Gopal Santhanam, Maneesh Sahani, Krishna V. Shenoy

Vision: Mechanisms of Orientation, Direction and Depth

New Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, 2009, Squire, Albright, Bloom, Gage and Spitzer (Eds.), Oxford University Press
Nicholas J. Priebe, David L. Ferster

The Relationship between Subthreshold and Suprathreshold Ocular Dominance in Cat Primary Visual Cortex

J. Neurosci. 2008 28: 8553-8559
Nicholas J. Priebe

Inhibition, spike threshold, and stimulus selectivity in primary visual cortex

Neuron. 2008 57: 482-497
Nicholas J Priebe, David Ferster

The emergence of contrast-invariant orientation tuning in simple cells of cat visual cortex

Neuron. 2007 54: 137-152
Ian M Finn, Nicholas J Priebe, David Ferster

Tuning for Spatiotemporal Frequency and Speed in Directionally Selective Neurons of Macaque Striate Cortex

J. Neurosci. 2006 26: 2941-2950
Nicholas J. Priebe, Stephen G. Lisberger, Anthony Movshon

Mechanisms underlying cross-orientation suppression in cat visual cortex

Nature Neuroscience. 2006 9: 552-561
Nicholas J. Priebe, David Ferster

Comparison of the spatial limits on direction selectivity in visual areas MT and V1

J. Neurophysiol. 2005 93: 1235-1245
Mark M Churchland, Nicholas J Priebe, Stephen G Lisberger

Direction-selectivity of excitation and inhibition in simple cells of the cat primary visual cortex

Neuron 2005 45: 133-145
Nicholas J Priebe, David Ferster

The contribution of spike threshold to the dichotomy of cortical simple and complex cells

Nature Neuroscience. 2004 7:11130-1122
Nicholas J Priebe, Ferenc Mechler, Matteo Carandini, David Ferster

Modular functional organization of cat anterior auditory field

J. Neurophysiol. 2004 92: 444-457
Kazuo Imaizumi, Nicholas J Priebe, Poppy A C Crum, Purvis H Bedenbaugh, Steven W Cheung, Christoph E Schreiner

Estimating Target Speed from the Population Response in Visual Area MT

J. Neurosci. 2004 24:1907-1916
Nicholas J. Priebe, Stephen G. Lisberger

The Neural Representation of Speed in Macaque Area MT/V5

J. Neurosci. 2003 23:565-5661
Nicholas J. Priebe, Carlos R. Cassanello, Stephen G. Lisberger

Directional anisotropies reveal a functional segregation of visual motion processing for perception and action

Neuron 2003 37(6): 1001-1011
Anne K Churchland, Justin L Gardner, I han Chou, Nicholas J Priebe, Stephen G Lisberger

A new mechanism for neuronal gain control (or How the gain in brains has mainly been explained)

Neuron 2002 35(4): 602-604
Nicholas J Priebe, David Ferster

Constraints on the source of short-term motion adaptation in macaque area MT: I. The role of input and intrinsic mechanisms

J. Neurophysiol. 2002 88: 354-369
Nicholas J Priebe, Mark M Churchland, Stephen G Lisberger 

Constraints on the source of short-term motion adaptation in macaque area MT: II. Tuning of neural circuit mechanisms

J. Neurophysiol. 2002 88: 370-382
Nicholas J Priebe, Stephen G Lisberger

Reconstruction of Target Speed for the Guidance of Pursuit Eye Movements

J. Neurosci. 2001 21: 3196-3206
Nicholas J. Priebe*, Mark M. Churchland*, Stephen G. Lisberger

Contrast-dependent nonlinearities arise locally in a model of contrast-invariant orientation tuning

J. Neurophysiol. 2001 85: 2130-2149
Andrew Kayser, Nicholas J. Priebe, Kenneth D. Miller

Contrast-Invariant Orientation Tuning in Cat Visual Cortex: Thalamocortical Input Tuning and Correlation-Based Intracortical Connectivity

J. Neurosci. 1998 18: 5908-5927
Todd W. Troyer, Anton E. Krukowski, Nicholas J. Priebe, Kenneth D. Miller

GABAergic inhibitory control of the transient and sustained components of orientation selectivity in a model microcolumn in layer 4 of cat visual cortex

Neural Computation 1998: 10(4)
Paul Bush, Nicholas J. Priebe