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Drifting population dynamics with transient resets characterize sensorimotor transformation in the monkey superior colliculus.

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Authors: Michelle R Heusser1,2, Uday K Jagadisan1,2, Eve C Ayar2,3, Clara Bourrelly1,2, Neeraj J Gandhi1,2,3,4,5
ORCID iDs: Michelle R Heusser, Uday K Jagadisan, Neeraj J Gandhi
  1. Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA
  2. Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA
  3. Program in Neural Computation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA USA
  4. Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA
  5. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA
Institutions: University of Pittsburgh (United States); Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (United States); Carnegie Mellon University (United States)
Journal: Communications biology, volume 9, issue 1, article 869
Dates: received 4 March 2026; accepted 30 March 2026; published online 23 April 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY-NC-ND
Identifiers: DOI 10.1038/s42003-026-10036-y · PMID 42026108 · PMCID PMC13315233 · OpenAlex W4313494808
Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Preprint: doi:10.1101/2023.01.03.522634
Status: code on request
Categories: behavior only (modality), non-human primate (organism), systems (subfield)
Methods: Statistics, Machine learning, Single-unit activity, calcium imaging, Smoothing, state filtering, decompositions, Spectral & time-frequency, Physiology & signal measures
Keywords: Superior colliculus, Sensorimotor processing
MeSH: Neurons*, Saccades*, Superior Colliculi*, Animals, Macaca mulatta, Male, Photic Stimulation, Reaction Time (* major topic)
Topic: Neural dynamics and brain function (Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroscience), according to OpenAlex
Funding: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) (P200A150050); U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (NIH R90 DA023426); NEI NIH HHS (R01 EY022854, R01 EY024831, P30 EY008098); U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Eye Institute (NEI) (NIH F31 EY038102); NIGMS NIH HHS (T32 GM081760)
Citations: cited by 1 paper (Europe PMC); 85 references in the paper

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Heusser, M. R., Jagadisan, U. K., Ayar, E. C., Bourrelly, C., & Gandhi, N. J. (2026). Drifting population dynamics with transient resets characterize sensorimotor transformation in the monkey superior colliculus. Communications biology, 9(1), 869. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-10036-y

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@article{heusser2026drifting,
author = {Heusser, Michelle R and Jagadisan, Uday K and Ayar, Eve C and Bourrelly, Clara and Gandhi, Neeraj J},
title = {{Drifting population dynamics with transient resets characterize sensorimotor transformation in the monkey superior colliculus}},
journal = {Communications biology},
year = {2026},
month = apr,
volume = {9},
number = {1},
pages = {869},
publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
issn = {2399-3642},
doi = {10.1038/s42003-026-10036-y},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-10036-y},
pmid = {42026108},
pmcid = {PMC13315233}
}

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AU - Jagadisan, Uday K
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T2 - Communications biology
J2 - Commun Biol
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/04/23
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SN - 2399-3642
PB - Nature Publishing Group
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