Martín Irani-Cereceda
@martinirani.bsky.social
Neuroscience grad student @ University of Illinois. Cognitive control, meso- and large-scale brain networks dynamics. 🇨🇱
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Representations of spatial saliency in auditory cortex are selectively organized through temporal coordination https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.10.731488v1
Excited to share a soft launch of our latest work! We show that oscillatory gamma bursts in the auditory cortex organize spike-timing precision, rather than firing rate, to selectively enhance sounds coming from behaviorally relevant locations.
Reposted by Martín Irani-Cereceda
Neurons don't just fire more for important sounds, their activity becomes more precisely timed and rhythmic
Representations of spatial saliency in auditory cortex are selectively organized through temporal coordination
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#neuroscience
Representations of spatial saliency in auditory cortex are selectively organized through temporal coordination
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#neuroscience
Representations of spatial saliency in auditory cortex are selectively organized through temporal coordination
Selective processing of behaviorally relevant sounds in complex environments requires dynamic modulation of auditory representations. Here, we show that behaviorally relevant sound locations selective...
www.biorxiv.org
August 4, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Neurons don't just fire more for important sounds, their activity becomes more precisely timed and rhythmic
Representations of spatial saliency in auditory cortex are selectively organized through temporal coordination
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#neuroscience
Representations of spatial saliency in auditory cortex are selectively organized through temporal coordination
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#neuroscience
Reposted by Martín Irani-Cereceda
Are brain rhythms a steady hum or a brief buzz? Both. Alpha and beta activity are relatively sustained, helping maintain ongoing brain state, supporting its role in top-down control.
Universal rhythmic architecture uncovers two modes of neural dynamics
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Universal rhythmic architecture uncovers two modes of neural dynamics
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
Universal rhythmic architecture uncovers two modes of neural dynamics - Nature Communications
Brain oscillations are traditionally regarded as sustained rhythms. Here, the authors show that there are both high and low-rhythmicity bands, characterised by brief bursts, which can signal responses...
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July 31, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Are brain rhythms a steady hum or a brief buzz? Both. Alpha and beta activity are relatively sustained, helping maintain ongoing brain state, supporting its role in top-down control.
Universal rhythmic architecture uncovers two modes of neural dynamics
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
Universal rhythmic architecture uncovers two modes of neural dynamics
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
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Huzzah!
MIT names Emery N. Brown an "Institute Professor," its highest faculty honor
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MIT names Emery N. Brown an "Institute Professor," its highest faculty honor
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MIT names Emery N. Brown an "Institute Professor," its highest faculty honor
Brown, a renowned neuroscientist, anesthesiologist and statistician, has made numerous seminal contributions to basic science and clinical care alike. He joins two other professors in earning the hono...
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July 20, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Huzzah!
MIT names Emery N. Brown an "Institute Professor," its highest faculty honor
picower.mit.edu/news/mit-nam...
#neuroscience
MIT names Emery N. Brown an "Institute Professor," its highest faculty honor
picower.mit.edu/news/mit-nam...
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Speedy, spiraling electrical waves may be key to brain’s information flow
Rotating neuronal waves are built into brain anatomy and help coordinate far-flung regions, mouse imaging study suggests
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Rotating neuronal waves are built into brain anatomy and help coordinate far-flung regions, mouse imaging study suggests
www.science.org/content/arti...
#neuroscience
Speedy, spiraling electrical waves may be key to brain’s information flow
Rotating neuronal waves are built into brain anatomy and help coordinate far-flung regions, mouse imaging study suggests
www.science.org
June 18, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Speedy, spiraling electrical waves may be key to brain’s information flow
Rotating neuronal waves are built into brain anatomy and help coordinate far-flung regions, mouse imaging study suggests
www.science.org/content/arti...
#neuroscience
Rotating neuronal waves are built into brain anatomy and help coordinate far-flung regions, mouse imaging study suggests
www.science.org/content/arti...
#neuroscience
Excited to share a soft launch of our latest work! We show that oscillatory gamma bursts in the auditory cortex organize spike-timing precision, rather than firing rate, to selectively enhance sounds coming from behaviorally relevant locations.
Representations of spatial saliency in auditory cortex are selectively organized through temporal coordination https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.10.731488v1
June 12, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Excited to share a soft launch of our latest work! We show that oscillatory gamma bursts in the auditory cortex organize spike-timing precision, rather than firing rate, to selectively enhance sounds coming from behaviorally relevant locations.
Reposted by Martín Irani-Cereceda
The locus coeruleus, which provides norepinephrine to the rest of the brain, is even more spatially and functionally diverse than previously thought, new findings suggest.
By Holly Barker
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By Holly Barker
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Brain’s blue spot possesses unexpected structure-function ties
The arrangement of locus coeruleus neurons in mice points to how the structure mediates specific effects across the brain, a new study shows.
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May 26, 2026 at 5:10 PM
The locus coeruleus, which provides norepinephrine to the rest of the brain, is even more spatially and functionally diverse than previously thought, new findings suggest.
By Holly Barker
www.thetransmitter.org/locus-coerul...
By Holly Barker
www.thetransmitter.org/locus-coerul...
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Anatomy sets things up, but it’s not the whole story. A low-D communication subspace from PFC to motor cortex reconfigures with context, routing action signals so the same movements can be driven by different rules without rewiring the whole network.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A communication subspace relays context-dependent actions from human prefrontal to motor cortex - Nature Neuroscience
Context-dependent behavior selects actions according to task demands. Using direct brain recordings in humans, Binish et al. uncover how coordinated population activity efficiently channels informatio...
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May 5, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Anatomy sets things up, but it’s not the whole story. A low-D communication subspace from PFC to motor cortex reconfigures with context, routing action signals so the same movements can be driven by different rules without rewiring the whole network.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
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@braininspired.bsky.social talks with @lmprida.bsky.social about how her efforts to understand the varieties of sharp wave ripples in the hippocampus led to her discovery that specific types of neurons control the properties of neural manifolds. #neuroskyence
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Liset de la Prida explains how neuron subtypes may control the activity of large neural populations, from manifolds to ripples
De la Prida's work analyzing the varieties of sharp wave ripples in the hippocampus led to her discovery that specific types of neurons control the properties of neural manifolds.
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April 22, 2026 at 5:29 PM
@braininspired.bsky.social talks with @lmprida.bsky.social about how her efforts to understand the varieties of sharp wave ripples in the hippocampus led to her discovery that specific types of neurons control the properties of neural manifolds. #neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-inspir...
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-inspir...
Very cool! There’s more to gamma than just spikes! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Active dissociation of intracortical spiking and high gamma activity - Nature
A brain–machine interface is used in monkeys to investigate the biophysical underpinnings of cortical high gamma-band activity, a signal that is often studied in the context of many brain functions.
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April 2, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Very cool! There’s more to gamma than just spikes! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Cortical circuits are often thought to be specialized, but the same large-scale activity patterns can arise from different circuit architectures. In other words, different instruments can play the same tune, and the same instrument can sometimes play different tunes.
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Linking neural manifolds to circuit structure in recurrent networks
Neural population activity can be described either by low-dimensional dynamics on
neural manifolds or by single-neuron selectivities. Using a theoretical approach,
Pezon et al. relate these two statis...
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March 19, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Cortical circuits are often thought to be specialized, but the same large-scale activity patterns can arise from different circuit architectures. In other words, different instruments can play the same tune, and the same instrument can sometimes play different tunes.
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Reposted by Martín Irani-Cereceda
Thus far, engineering has outpaced theory in the science of intelligence. But Tomaso Poggio is hopeful that theories can catch up.
#neuroskyence
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#neuroskyence
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Tomaso Poggio on his quest for theories to explain the fundamental learning abilities of brains and machines
Thus far, engineering has outpaced theory in the science of intelligence. But Poggio is hopeful that theories can catch up.
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January 14, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Thus far, engineering has outpaced theory in the science of intelligence. But Tomaso Poggio is hopeful that theories can catch up.
#neuroskyence
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#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-inspir...
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Thrilled that my paper is out in the @nature.com. We explored how the brain builds complex tasks by compositionally combining simpler sub-task representations. The brain flexibly performs multiple tasks by dynamically reusing neural subspaces for sensory inputs and motor actions
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Building compositional tasks with shared neural subspaces
Nature - The brain can flexibly perform multiple tasks by compositionally combining task-relevant neural representations.
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February 11, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Thrilled that my paper is out in the @nature.com. We explored how the brain builds complex tasks by compositionally combining simpler sub-task representations. The brain flexibly performs multiple tasks by dynamically reusing neural subspaces for sensory inputs and motor actions
rdcu.be/eRVUk
rdcu.be/eRVUk
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Aperiodic parameters are systematically dependent on the frequency range used to estimate them. We evaluated intracortical recordings of 62 patients using both Specparam and IRASA.
The full article is finally out. @martinirani.bsky.social @medelero.bsky.social
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The full article is finally out. @martinirani.bsky.social @medelero.bsky.social
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Aperiodic exponent of brain field potentials is dependent on the frequency range it is estimated
The aperiodic component of brain field potentials (EEG, LFP, intracortical recordings) is increasingly being recognized as an important topic in both basic and clinical neuroscience. Aperiodic activit...
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January 12, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Aperiodic parameters are systematically dependent on the frequency range used to estimate them. We evaluated intracortical recordings of 62 patients using both Specparam and IRASA.
The full article is finally out. @martinirani.bsky.social @medelero.bsky.social
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/113...
The full article is finally out. @martinirani.bsky.social @medelero.bsky.social
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/113...
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Traveling waves. Your brain has them for a reason.
Dynamical Mechanisms for Coordinating Long-term Working Memory Based on the Precision of Spike-timing in Cortical Neurons
arxiv.org/abs/2512.15891
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Dynamical Mechanisms for Coordinating Long-term Working Memory Based on the Precision of Spike-timing in Cortical Neurons
arxiv.org/abs/2512.15891
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Dynamical Mechanisms for Coordinating Long-term Working Memory Based on the Precision of Spike-timing in Cortical Neurons
In the last century, most sensorimotor studies of cortical neurons relied on average firing rates. Rate coding is efficient for fast sensorimotor processing that occurs within a few seconds. Much less...
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January 5, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Traveling waves. Your brain has them for a reason.
Dynamical Mechanisms for Coordinating Long-term Working Memory Based on the Precision of Spike-timing in Cortical Neurons
arxiv.org/abs/2512.15891
#neuroscience
Dynamical Mechanisms for Coordinating Long-term Working Memory Based on the Precision of Spike-timing in Cortical Neurons
arxiv.org/abs/2512.15891
#neuroscience
Reposted by Martín Irani-Cereceda
New results!
Ephaptic coupling can explain variability in neural activity
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Work led by @pinotsislab.bsky.social
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Ephaptic coupling can explain variability in neural activity
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Work led by @pinotsislab.bsky.social
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Ephaptic coupling can explain variability in neural activity
The waxing and waning cortical oscillatory power correlates with function and disease. This cross-trial variability has been thought to be due to neuromodulation, uncertainty encoding, and/or changes ...
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December 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
New results!
Ephaptic coupling can explain variability in neural activity
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Work led by @pinotsislab.bsky.social
#neuroscience
Ephaptic coupling can explain variability in neural activity
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Work led by @pinotsislab.bsky.social
#neuroscience
Reposted by Martín Irani-Cereceda
High-frequency bursts facilitate fast communication for human spatial attention
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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High-frequency bursts facilitate fast communication for human spatial attention - Nature Neuroscience
Using intracranial electroencephalography from patients with epilepsy during spatial attention tasks, this study shows that high-frequency bursts facilitate fast communications in brain networks and s...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
High-frequency bursts facilitate fast communication for human spatial attention
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
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Nature research paper: Building compositional tasks with shared neural subspaces
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Building compositional tasks with shared neural subspaces - Nature
The brain can flexibly perform multiple tasks by compositionally combining task-relevant neural representations.
go.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Nature research paper: Building compositional tasks with shared neural subspaces
go.nature.com/4ocRj3n
go.nature.com/4ocRj3n
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When you record spikes, you also record LFPs. It’s ironic to hear people claim oscillations don’t matter while they are discarding the very data that could test that. As Thomas Kuhn would say…
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#neuroscience
November 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
When you record spikes, you also record LFPs. It’s ironic to hear people claim oscillations don’t matter while they are discarding the very data that could test that. As Thomas Kuhn would say…
#neuroscience
#neuroscience
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"One email at a time, one informational interview after another, I became comfortable, confident, and strategic in building my network of mentors."
One mentor isn’t enough, wrote Erika Moore in this 2021 Working Life essay. https://scim.ag/49hp8fS #NationalMentoringDay
One mentor isn’t enough, wrote Erika Moore in this 2021 Working Life essay. https://scim.ag/49hp8fS #NationalMentoringDay
October 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"One email at a time, one informational interview after another, I became comfortable, confident, and strategic in building my network of mentors."
One mentor isn’t enough, wrote Erika Moore in this 2021 Working Life essay. https://scim.ag/49hp8fS #NationalMentoringDay
One mentor isn’t enough, wrote Erika Moore in this 2021 Working Life essay. https://scim.ag/49hp8fS #NationalMentoringDay
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The functional role of oscillatory dynamics in neocortical circuits: A computational perspective
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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The functional role of oscillatory dynamics in neocortical circuits: A computational perspective | PNAS
The dynamics of neuronal systems are characterized by hallmark features such as oscillations
and synchrony. However, it has remained unclear whethe...
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October 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The functional role of oscillatory dynamics in neocortical circuits: A computational perspective
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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Last year, a special issue of Science explored the complex and close associations #rats share with humans—from their ubiquity in the human environment to their crucial role as biomedical models.
🐀 Learn more: https://scim.ag/46VBOrb #ScienceMagArchives
🐀 Learn more: https://scim.ag/46VBOrb #ScienceMagArchives
September 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Last year, a special issue of Science explored the complex and close associations #rats share with humans—from their ubiquity in the human environment to their crucial role as biomedical models.
🐀 Learn more: https://scim.ag/46VBOrb #ScienceMagArchives
🐀 Learn more: https://scim.ag/46VBOrb #ScienceMagArchives
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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 “Steven Rose obituary: Vituperative neuroscientist,” in 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠
www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
Steven Rose obituary: Vituperative neuroscientist
Academic who showed little tolerance for IQ testing, but made steps towards a treatment for Alzheimer’s, dies aged 87
www.thetimes.com
August 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 “Steven Rose obituary: Vituperative neuroscientist,” in 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠
www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
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How is prefrontal neural activity refined as we age?
Out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com! This study, from Elizabeth Johnson, uncovers how subtle changes in neural 'noise' impact our attention, memory, and cognition through development.
Proud to have contributed!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com! This study, from Elizabeth Johnson, uncovers how subtle changes in neural 'noise' impact our attention, memory, and cognition through development.
Proud to have contributed!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
How is prefrontal neural activity refined as we age?
Out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com! This study, from Elizabeth Johnson, uncovers how subtle changes in neural 'noise' impact our attention, memory, and cognition through development.
Proud to have contributed!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com! This study, from Elizabeth Johnson, uncovers how subtle changes in neural 'noise' impact our attention, memory, and cognition through development.
Proud to have contributed!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Martín Irani-Cereceda
I’m excited to share my final co-first author paper from my postdoc in Dan Dombeck's lab!
We explored how behavior, senses, and neurons influence how much information in the brain changes over time.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#science #research #neuroscience #hippocampus #placecells
We explored how behavior, senses, and neurons influence how much information in the brain changes over time.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#science #research #neuroscience #hippocampus #placecells
Hippocampal representations drift in stable multisensory environments - Nature
Tracking of individual place cells in mouse CA1 shows that representational drift is not influenced by changes in environment or behaviour, and is lower for more excitable place cells.
www.nature.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I’m excited to share my final co-first author paper from my postdoc in Dan Dombeck's lab!
We explored how behavior, senses, and neurons influence how much information in the brain changes over time.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#science #research #neuroscience #hippocampus #placecells
We explored how behavior, senses, and neurons influence how much information in the brain changes over time.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#science #research #neuroscience #hippocampus #placecells