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Volitional stopping is preceded by a transient beta oscillation
Figueira JF D, Ojala RA, Vasilev D, De Miguel A, Jeay-Bizot L, Iwai R, Raposo I, Safaei N, Sardenberg Schmid L, Maoz U, Watanabe M, Totah NK. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Dec 28:2024.12.28.630599. doi: 10.1101/2024.12.28.630599.

Diversity of ancestral brainstem noradrenergic neurons across species and multiple biological factors
Kelberman MA, Rodberg E, Arabzadeh E, Bair-Marshall CJ, Berridge CW, Berrocoso E, Breton-Provencher V, Chandler DJ, Che A, Davy O, Devilbiss DM, Downs AM, Drummond G, Dvorkin R, Fazlali Z, Froemke RC, Glennon E, Gold JI, Ito H, Jiang X, Johansen JP, Kaye AP, Kim JR, Kuo CC, Liu RJ, Liu Y, Llorca-Torralba M, McCall JG, McElligott ZA, McKinney AM, Miguelez C, Min MY, Nowlan AC, Omrani M, Poe GR, Pickering AE, Ranjbar-Slamloo Y, Razquin J, Rodenkirch C, Sales AC, Satyasambit R, Shea SD, Sur M, Tkaczynski JA, Torres-Sanchez S, Uematsu A, Vazquez CR, Vreven A, Wang Q, Waterhouse BD, Yang HW, Yang JH, Zhao L, Zouridis IS, Weinshenker D, Vazey E, Totah NK. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Oct 16:2024.10.14.618224. doi: 10.1101/2024.10.14.618224.
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Brightness illusions evoke pupil constriction preceded by a primary visual cortex response in rats
Vasilev D, Raposo I, Totah NK. Cerebral Cortex. 2023 Jun 8;33(12):7952-7959. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhad090.
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Redefining noradrenergic neuromodulation of behavior: Impacts of a modular locus coeruleus architecture
Chandler DJ, Jensen P, McCall JG, Pickering AE, Schwarz LA, Totah NK. Journal of Neuroscience. 2019 Oct 16;39(42):8239-8249. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1164-19.2019.

The locus coeruleus is a complex and differentiated neuromodulatory system
Totah NK, Neves RM, Panzeri S, Logothetis NK, Eschenko O. Neuron. 2018 Sep 5;99(5):1055-1068.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.07.037.
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Online decoding of rat self-paced locomotion speed from EEG using recurrent neural networks
de Miguel Gomez A, Totah NK †, Maoz U†. 2026. Journal of Neural Engineering.
Aberrant prefrontal activity and arousal level correlate with action initiation and response vigor in rats
Klein FJ, Vasilev D, Iwai R, Watanabe M, Totah NK†. 2026. iScience.
Volitional stopping is preceded by a transient beta oscillation
Figueira JFD, Ojala RA, Vasilev D, De Miguel A, Jeay-Bizot L, Iwai R, Raposo I, Safaei N, de Sardenberg Schmid L, Maoz U, Watanabe M, Totah NK†. 2024. bioRxiv.
Diversity of ancestral brainstem noradrenergic neurons across species and multiple biological factors
Kelberman MA, Rodberg E, Arabzadeh E, Bair-Marshall CJ, Berridge CW, Berrocoso E, Breton-Provencher V, Chandler DJ, Che A, Davy O, Devilbiss DM, Downs AM, Drummond G, Dvorkin R, Fazlali Z, Froemke RC, Glennon E, Gold JI, Ito H, Jiang X, Johansen JP, Kaye AP, Kim JR, Kuo CC, Liu RJ, Liu Y, Llorca-Torralba M, McCall JG, McElligott ZA, McKinney AM, Miguelez C, Min MY, Nowlan AC, Omrani M, Poe GR, Pickering AE, Ranjbar-Slamloo Y, Razquin J, Rodenkirch C, Sales AC, Satyasambit R, Shea SD, Sur M, Tkaczynski JA, Torres-Sanchez S, Uematsu A, Vazquez CR, Vreven A, Wang Q, Waterhouse BD, Yang HW, Yang JH, Zhao L, Zouridis IS, Weinshenker D, Vazey E, Totah NK†. 2024. bioRxiv.
Coping switches stress–evoked network disconnection to a new forebrain network state
Durieux L, Herbeaux K, Totah NK†, Lecourtier L†. 2024. bioRxiv.
In search of the locus coeruleus: Guidelines for identifying anatomical boundaries and electrophysiological properties of the blue spot in mice, fish, finches, and beyond
Vreven A, Aston-Jones G, Pickering AE, Poe GR, Waterhouse B, Totah NK†. 2024. Journal of Neurophysiology.
Brightness illusions drive a neuronal response in the primary visual cortex under top-down modulation
Saeedi A, Wang K, Nikpourian G, Bartels A, Logothetis NK, Totah NK†, Watanabe M†. 2024. Nature Communications.
Low-threshold, high-resolution, chronically stable intracortical microstimulation by ultraflexible electrodes
Lycke R, Kim R, Zolotavin P, Montes J, Sun Y, Koszeghy A, Altun E, Noble B, Yin R, He F, Totah NK†, Xie C†, Luan L†. 2023. Cell Reports.
Brightness illusions evoke pupil constriction preceded by a primary visual cortex response in rats
Vasilev D, Raposo I, Totah NK†. 2023. Cerebral Cortex.
Distinct ensembles in the noradrenergic locus coeruleus are associated with diverse cortical states
Noei S, Zouridis IS, Logothetis NK, Panzeri S, Totah NK†. 2022. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Focusing perceptual attention in one modality constrains subsequent learning in another modality
Dmitrii Vasilev, Negar Safaei, Ryo Iwai, Hessam Bahmani, Ioannis S. Zouridis, Masataka Watanabe, Nikos K. Logothetis, Nelson K. Totah†. 2023. bioRxiv.
Three water restriction schedules used in rodent behavioral tasks transiently impair growth and differentially evoke a stress hormone response without causing dehydration
Vasilev D, Havel D, Liebscher S, Slesiona-Kuenzel S, Logothetis NK, Schenke-Layland K, Totah NK†. 2021. eNeuro.
Synchronous spiking associated with prefrontal high γ oscillations evokes a 5-Hz rhythmic modulation of spiking in locus coeruleus
Totah NK, Logothetis NK, Eschenko O. 2021. Journal of Neurophysiology.
Redefining noradrenergic neuromodulation of behavior: Impacts of a modular locus coeruleus architecture
Chandler DJ, Jensen P, McCall JG, Pickering AE, Schwarz LA, Totah NK†. 2019. Journal of Neuroscience.
Noradrenergic ensemble-based modulation of cognition over multiple timescales
Totah NK, Logothetis NK, Eschenko O. 2019. Brain Research.
The locus coeruleus is a complex and differentiated neuromodulatory system
Totah NK, Neves RM, Panzeri S, Logothetis NK, Eschenko O. 2018. Neuron.
Complexity and heterogeneity in psychiatric disorders: Opportunities for computational psychiatry
Totah NK, Akil H, Huys QJM, Krystal JH, MacDonald AW III, Maia TV, Malenka RC, Pauli WM. 2016. MIT Press.
Atomoxetine accelerates attentional set shifting without affecting learning rate in the rat
Totah NK, Logothetis NK, Eschenko O. 2015. Psychopharmacology.
Unilateral electrical stimulation of rat locus coeruleus elicits bilateral response of norepinephrine neurons and sustained activation of medial prefrontal cortex
Marzo A†, Totah NK†, Neves RM, Logothetis NK, Eschenko O. 2014. Journal of Neurophysiology.
Adolescent behavior and dopamine availability are uniquely sensitive to dietary omega-3 fatty acid deficiency
Bondi CO, Taha AY, Tock JL, Totah NK, Cheon Y, Torres GE, Rapoport SI, Moghaddam B. 2014. Biological Psychiatry.
Distinct prestimulus and poststimulus activation of VTA neurons correlates with stimulus detection
Totah NK, Kim Y, Moghaddam B. 2013. Journal of Neurophysiology.
The influence of NMDA and GABAA receptors and glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) activity on attention
Pehrson AL, Bondi CO, Totah NK, Moghaddam B. 2012. Psychopharmacology.
Preparatory attention relies on dynamic interactions between prelimbic cortex and anterior cingulate cortex
Totah NK, Jackson ME, Moghaddam B. 2012. Cerebral Cortex.
Anterior cingulate neurons represent errors and preparatory attention within the same behavioral sequence
Totah NK, Kim YB, Homayoun H, Moghaddam B. 2009. Journal of Neuroscience.
Refining the categorical landscape of the DSM: Role of animal models
Totah NK, Plotsky PM. 2006. American Psychiatric Association Publishing.