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  1. Article: Developmental trajectory of cortical somatostatin interneuron function.

    Wang, Alex / Ferguson, Katie A / Gupta, Jyoti / Higley, Michael J / Cardin, Jessica A

    bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

    2024  

    Abstract: GABAergic inhibition is critical to the proper development of neocortical circuits. However, GABAergic interneurons are highly diverse and the developmental roles of distinct inhibitory subpopulations remain largely unclear. Dendrite-targeting, ... ...

    Abstract GABAergic inhibition is critical to the proper development of neocortical circuits. However, GABAergic interneurons are highly diverse and the developmental roles of distinct inhibitory subpopulations remain largely unclear. Dendrite-targeting, somatostatin-expressing interneurons (SST-INs) in the mature cortex regulate synaptic integration and plasticity in excitatory pyramidal neurons (PNs) and exhibit unique feature selectivity. Relatively little is known about early postnatal SST-IN activity or impact on surrounding local circuits. We examined juvenile SST-INs and PNs in mouse primary visual cortex. PNs exhibited stable visual responses and feature selectivity from eye opening onwards. In contrast, SST-INs developed visual responses and feature selectivity during the third postnatal week in parallel with a rapid increase in excitatory synaptic innervation. SST-INs largely exerted a multiplicative effect on nearby PN visual responses at all ages, but this impact increased over time. Our results identify a developmental window for the emergence of an inhibitory circuit mechanism for normalization.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-07
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Preprint
    DOI 10.1101/2024.03.05.583539
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  2. Article ; Online: Comment on "A Permutation Test-Based Approach to Strengthening Inference on the Effects of Environmental Mixtures: Comparison between Single-Index Analytic Methods".

    Keil, Alexander P / Buckley, Jessie P / O'Brien, Katie M / Ferguson, Kelly K / White, Alexandra J

    Environmental health perspectives

    2023  Volume 131, Issue 1, Page(s) 18001

    MeSH term(s) Brain ; Computer Simulation
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-03
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Letter ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 195189-0
    ISSN 1552-9924 ; 0091-6765 ; 1078-0475
    ISSN (online) 1552-9924
    ISSN 0091-6765 ; 1078-0475
    DOI 10.1289/EHP12404
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  3. Article ; Online: Creating a robust multidisciplinary public health workforce - almost there?

    Sim, Fiona / Wright, Jenny / Ferguson, Katie

    Journal of public health (Oxford, England)

    2022  Volume 44, Issue Suppl 1, Page(s) i40–i48

    Abstract: From 1972 to 2001, membership of the Faculty of Public Health (FPH) was only open to medical practitioners with recognised specialist experience or training in public health. In 2001, the Faculty became multidisciplinary at the specialist level, a rare ... ...

    Abstract From 1972 to 2001, membership of the Faculty of Public Health (FPH) was only open to medical practitioners with recognised specialist experience or training in public health. In 2001, the Faculty became multidisciplinary at the specialist level, a rare achievement in a medical specialty in the UK. 1 Specialists from backgrounds other than medicine were accepted as Members and Fellows of the Faculty provided they met the required standards. They were eligible for Consultant and Director of Public Health (DPH) posts, initially in England and Wales. A multidisciplinary higher specialist training scheme was established and, over time, rolled out systematically across the UK. These changes later led to limited developments for public health practitioners filling roles distinct from those in the specialist workforce. Reviewing this history reminds current and future generations of the struggles to reach the unique model we have today. The article teases out the key factors leading to the changes, summarises the somewhat bumpy journey over five decades and, in the shadow of the pandemic, reflects on the contemporary situation for the UK's public health workforce.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Public Health ; Health Workforce ; Workforce ; Faculty ; Health Personnel
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-12-05
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2142082-8
    ISSN 1741-3850 ; 1741-3842
    ISSN (online) 1741-3850
    ISSN 1741-3842
    DOI 10.1093/pubmed/fdac090
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  4. Article ; Online: Mechanisms underlying gain modulation in the cortex.

    Ferguson, Katie A / Cardin, Jessica A

    Nature reviews. Neuroscience

    2020  Volume 21, Issue 2, Page(s) 80–92

    Abstract: Cortical gain regulation allows neurons to respond adaptively to changing inputs. Neural gain is modulated by internal and external influences, including attentional and arousal states, motor activity and neuromodulatory input. These influences converge ... ...

    Abstract Cortical gain regulation allows neurons to respond adaptively to changing inputs. Neural gain is modulated by internal and external influences, including attentional and arousal states, motor activity and neuromodulatory input. These influences converge to a common set of mechanisms for gain modulation, including GABAergic inhibition, synaptically driven fluctuations in membrane potential, changes in cellular conductance and changes in other biophysical neural properties. Recent work has identified GABAergic interneurons as targets of neuromodulatory input and mediators of state-dependent gain modulation. Here, we review the engagement and effects of gain modulation in the cortex. We highlight key recent findings that link phenomenological observations of gain modulation to underlying cellular and circuit-level mechanisms. Finally, we place these cellular and circuit interactions in the larger context of their impact on perception and cognition.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Arousal/physiology ; Attention/physiology ; Cerebral Cortex/physiology ; Humans ; Learning/physiology ; Neurons/physiology ; Perception/physiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-01-07
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2034150-7
    ISSN 1471-0048 ; 1471-0048 ; 1471-003X
    ISSN (online) 1471-0048
    ISSN 1471-0048 ; 1471-003X
    DOI 10.1038/s41583-019-0253-y
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  5. Article ; Online: "COVID-19 and Research: We're Not in Kansas Anymore".

    Lach, Helen W / Hendricks-Ferguson, Verna / Donahue, Katie

    Clinical nursing research

    2020  Volume 30, Issue 3, Page(s) 227–229

    MeSH term(s) COVID-19/epidemiology ; Education, Distance ; Education, Nursing/organization & administration ; Education, Nursing, Graduate/organization & administration ; Humans ; Nursing Research/education ; Nursing Research/organization & administration
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-11-26
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Editorial
    ZDB-ID 1146553-0
    ISSN 1552-3799 ; 1054-7738
    ISSN (online) 1552-3799
    ISSN 1054-7738
    DOI 10.1177/1054773821996535
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  6. Article ; Online: Corrigendum: Inhibitory Network Bistability Explains Increased Interneuronal Activity Prior to Seizure Onset.

    Rich, Scott / Moradi Chameh, Homeira / Rafiee, Marjan / Ferguson, Katie / Skinner, Frances K / Valiante, Taufik A

    Frontiers in neural circuits

    2021  Volume 15, Page(s) 727442

    Abstract: This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2019.00081.]. ...

    Abstract [This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2019.00081.].
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-09-06
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Published Erratum
    ZDB-ID 2452968-0
    ISSN 1662-5110 ; 1662-5110
    ISSN (online) 1662-5110
    ISSN 1662-5110
    DOI 10.3389/fncir.2021.727442
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  7. Article ; Online: VIP interneurons regulate cortical size tuning and visual perception.

    Ferguson, Katie A / Salameh, Jenna / Alba, Christopher / Selwyn, Hannah / Barnes, Clayton / Lohani, Sweyta / Cardin, Jessica A

    Cell reports

    2023  Volume 42, Issue 9, Page(s) 113088

    Abstract: Cortical circuit function is regulated by extensively interconnected, diverse populations of GABAergic interneurons that may play key roles in shaping circuit operation according to behavioral context. A specialized population of interneurons that co- ... ...

    Abstract Cortical circuit function is regulated by extensively interconnected, diverse populations of GABAergic interneurons that may play key roles in shaping circuit operation according to behavioral context. A specialized population of interneurons that co-express vasoactive intestinal peptides (VIP-INs) are activated during arousal and innervate other INs and pyramidal neurons (PNs). Although state-dependent modulation of VIP-INs has been extensively studied, their role in regulating sensory processing is less well understood. We examined the impact of VIP-INs in the primary visual cortex of awake behaving mice. Loss of VIP-IN activity alters the behavioral state-dependent modulation of somatostatin-expressing INs (SST-INs) but not PNs. In contrast, reduced VIP-IN activity globally disrupts visual feature selectivity for stimulus size. Moreover, the impact of VIP-INs on perceptual behavior varies with context and is more acute for small than large visual cues. VIP-INs thus contribute to both state-dependent modulation of cortical activity and sensory context-dependent perceptual performance.
    MeSH term(s) Mice ; Animals ; Interneurons/physiology ; Visual Perception ; Pyramidal Cells/physiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-09-08
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 2649101-1
    ISSN 2211-1247 ; 2211-1247
    ISSN (online) 2211-1247
    ISSN 2211-1247
    DOI 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113088
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  8. Article ; Online: Cutting Deep: The Transformative Power of Art in the Anatomy Lab.

    Grogan, Katie / Ferguson, Laura

    The Journal of medical humanities

    2018  Volume 39, Issue 4, Page(s) 417–430

    Abstract: On Tuesday evenings at New York University School of Medicine (NYUSoM), the anatomy lab is transformed into an art studio. Medical students gather with a spirit of creative enterprise and a unique goal: to turn anatomy into art. They are participants in ... ...

    Abstract On Tuesday evenings at New York University School of Medicine (NYUSoM), the anatomy lab is transformed into an art studio. Medical students gather with a spirit of creative enterprise and a unique goal: to turn anatomy into art. They are participants in Art & Anatomy, an innovative drawing course within the Master Scholars Program in Humanistic Medicine (MSPHM)-a component of NYUSoM, which offers elective courses across a range of interdisciplinary topics in medical humanities. Art & Anatomy has had approximately four hundred fifty participants since its inception in 2009. The educational intention of the course is to use drawing as an active mode of learning that enhances visual-perceptual ability and three-dimensional (3D) spatial understanding of the body's interior; however, the course also opens a creative space for participants to process the emotional complexities of cadaver dissection and the anatomy lab experience. The anatomy lab can be the training ground for clinical detachment, but many U.S. medical schools are beginning to attend more closely to the emotional aspects of dissection. The authors maintain that the inherently expressive nature of drawing makes the Art & Anatomy course a novel and effective approach to this endeavor. Select student artwork and a curriculum overview are provided.
    MeSH term(s) Anatomy/education ; Anatomy, Artistic ; Cadaver ; Dissection ; Education, Medical, Undergraduate ; Humans ; Students, Medical
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-08-08
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2017000-2
    ISSN 1573-3645 ; 1041-3545
    ISSN (online) 1573-3645
    ISSN 1041-3545
    DOI 10.1007/s10912-018-9532-2
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  9. Article: VIP interneurons regulate cortical size tuning and visual perception.

    Ferguson, Katie A / Salameh, Jenna / Alba, Christopher / Selwyn, Hannah / Barnes, Clayton / Lohani, Sweyta / Cardin, Jessica A

    bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

    2023  

    Abstract: Local cortical circuit function is regulated by diverse populations of GABAergic interneurons with distinct properties and extensive interconnectivity. Inhibitory-to-inhibitory interactions between interneuron populations may play key roles in shaping ... ...

    Abstract Local cortical circuit function is regulated by diverse populations of GABAergic interneurons with distinct properties and extensive interconnectivity. Inhibitory-to-inhibitory interactions between interneuron populations may play key roles in shaping circuit operation according to behavioral context. A specialized population of GABAergic interneurons that co-express vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP-INs) are activated during arousal and locomotion and innervate other local interneurons and pyramidal neurons. Although modulation of VIP-IN activity by behavioral state has been extensively studied, their role in regulating information processing and selectivity is less well understood. Using a combination of cellular imaging, short and long-term manipulation, and perceptual behavior, we examined the impact of VIP-INs on their synaptic target populations in the primary visual cortex of awake behaving mice. We find that loss of VIP-IN activity alters the behavioral state-dependent modulation of somatostatin-expressing interneurons (SST-INs) but not pyramidal neurons (PNs). In contrast, reduced VIP-IN activity disrupts visual feature selectivity for stimulus size in both populations. Inhibitory-to inhibitory interactions thus directly shape the selectivity of GABAergic interneurons for sensory stimuli. Moreover, the impact of VIP-IN activity on perceptual behavior varies with visual context and is more acute for small than large visual cues. VIP-INs thus contribute to both state-dependent modulation of cortical circuit activity and sensory context-dependent perceptual performance.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-28
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Preprint
    DOI 10.1101/2023.03.14.532664
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  10. Book ; Online: A review of statistical models used to characterize species-habitat associations with animal movement data

    Florko, Katie R. N. / Togunov, Ron R. / Gryba, Rowenna / Sidrow, Evan / Ferguson, Steven H. / Yurkowski, David J. / Auger-Méthé, Marie

    2024  

    Abstract: Understanding species-habitat associations is fundamental to ecological sciences and for species conservation. Consequently, various statistical approaches have been designed to infer species-habitat associations. Due to their conceptual and mathematical ...

    Abstract Understanding species-habitat associations is fundamental to ecological sciences and for species conservation. Consequently, various statistical approaches have been designed to infer species-habitat associations. Due to their conceptual and mathematical differences, these methods can yield contrasting results. In this paper, we describe and compare commonly used statistical models that relate animal movement data to environmental data. Specifically, we examined selection functions which include resource selection function (RSF) and step-selection function (SSF), as well as hidden Markov models (HMMs) and related methods such as state-space models. We demonstrate differences in assumptions of each method while highlighting advantages and limitations. Additionally, we provide guidance on selecting the most appropriate statistical method based on research objectives and intended inference. To demonstrate the varying ecological insights derived from each statistical model, we apply them to the movement track of a single ringed seal in a case study. For example, the RSF indicated selection of areas with high prey diversity, whereas the SSFs indicated no discernable relationship with prey diversity. Furthermore, the HMM reveals variable associations with prey diversity across different behaviors. Notably, the three models identified different important areas. This case study highlights the critical significance of selecting the appropriate model to identify species-habitat relationships and specific areas of importance. Our comprehensive review provides the foundational information required for making informed decisions when choosing the most suitable statistical methods to address specific questions, such as identifying expansive corridors or protected zones, understanding movement patterns, or studying behaviours.
    Keywords Statistics - Methodology ; Quantitative Biology - Populations and Evolution ; Quantitative Biology - Quantitative Methods
    Subject code 310 ; 333
    Publishing date 2024-01-30
    Publishing country us
    Document type Book ; Online
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