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Evolutionarily old brainstem neurons are required for the control of selective spatial attention.

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Authors: Ninad B Kothari1, Arunima Banerjee1, Qingcheng Zhang2, Wen-Kai You1, Shreesh P Mysore1,2,3,4
ORCID iDs: Ninad B Kothari, Qingcheng Zhang, Wen-Kai You, Shreesh P Mysore
  1. Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA
  2. Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA
  3. The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
  4. Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA
Institutions: Johns Hopkins University (United States); Johns Hopkins Medicine (United States)
Journal: Nature communications, volume 17, issue 1, article 5849
Dates: received 26 July 2024; accepted 13 April 2026; published online 28 April 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY-NC-ND
Identifiers: DOI 10.1038/s41467-026-72340-9 · PMID 42050354 · PMCID PMC13333841 · OpenAlex W7158037962
Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Status: code verified
Categories: mouse (organism), cognitive (subfield)
Methods: Statistics, Evoked potentials, Single-unit activity, calcium imaging, Physiology & signal measures
Keywords: Attention, Decision, Sensory processing, Neural circuits
MeSH: Attention*, Brain Stem*, Neurons*, Space Perception*, Animals, Female, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Superior Colliculi (* major topic)
Topic: Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroscience), according to OpenAlex
Funding: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Eye Institute (NEI) (F32EY032776); NINDS NIH HHS (R34 NS111653); U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Eye Institute (F32EY032776)
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Kothari, N. B., Banerjee, A., Zhang, Q., You, W.-K., & Mysore, S. P. (2026). Evolutionarily old brainstem neurons are required for the control of selective spatial attention. Nature communications, 17(1), 5849. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-72340-9

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@article{kothari2026evolutionarily,
author = {Kothari, Ninad B and Banerjee, Arunima and Zhang, Qingcheng and You, Wen-Kai and Mysore, Shreesh P},
title = {{Evolutionarily old brainstem neurons are required for the control of selective spatial attention}},
journal = {Nature communications},
year = {2026},
month = apr,
volume = {17},
number = {1},
pages = {5849},
publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
issn = {2041-1723},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-026-72340-9},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-72340-9},
pmid = {42050354},
pmcid = {PMC13333841}
}

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PB - Nature Publishing Group
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