Pungor JR and Niell CM (2023). The neural basis of visual processing and behavior in cephalopods. Current Biology 33(20):1106-18 Link
Pungor JR, Allen VA, Songco-Casey JO, and Niell CM (2023). Functional organization of visual responses in the octopus optic lobe. Current Biology 33(18):2784-93 Link
Parker PRL, Martins DM, Leonard ESP, Casey NM, Sharp SL, Abe ETT, Smear MC, Yates JL Mitchell JF, and Niell CM (2022). A dynamic sequence of visual processing initiated by gaze shifts. bioRxiv Link.
Songco-Casey JO, Coffing GC, Piscopo DM, Pungor JR, Kern AD, Miller AC, and Niell CM (2022). Cell types and molecular architecture of the octopus visual system. Current Biology 32(23):5031-44 Link
Parker PRL*, Abe ETT*, Leonard ESP, Martins DM, and Niell CM (2022) Joint coding of visual input and eye/head position in V1 of freely moving mice Neuron 110(23):3897-3906 Link
Parker PRL, Abe ETT, Beattie NT, Leonard ESP, Martins DM, Sharp SL, Wyrick DG, Mazzucato L, and Niell CM (2022) Distance estimation from monocular cues in an ethological visuomotor task. eLife 11:e74708 Link
Miller CT, Gire D, Hoke K, Huk A, Kelley D, Leopold DA, Smear M, Theunissen F, Yartsev M, Niell CM. (2022) Natural behavior is the language of the brain. Current Biology. 32(10):R482-R493 Link
Niell CM and Scanziani M (2021). How cortical circuits implement cortical computations : mouse visual cortex as a model. Annual Review of Neuroscience 44:517-546. Link
Grearson AG, Dugan A, Sakmar T, Sivitilli DM, Gire DH, Caldwell RL, Niell CM, Dolen G, Wang ZY, Grasse B. (2021) The Lesser Pacific Striped Octopus, Octopus chierchiae: an emerging laboratory model. Frontiers in Marine Science (8). Link
Michaiel AM, Abe ET, and Niell CM. (2020) Dynamics of gaze control during prey capture in freely moving mice. eLife. Link
Parker PRL, Brown MA, Smear MC, and Niell CM. (2020) Movement-related signals in sensory areas : roles in natural behavior. Trends in Neurosciences. 43(8), 581-595. Link
Hoy JL, Bishop HI, and Niell CM. (2019) Defined cell types in superior colliculus make distinct contributions to prey capture behavior in the mouse. (2019) Current Biology 29(23):4130-4138. Link
Michaiel AM, Parker PRL, Niell CM. (2019) A hallucinogenic serotonin-2A receptor agonist reduces visual response gain and alters temporal dynamics in mouse V1. Cell Reports 26, 3475–3483. Link
Wekselblatt JB and Niell CM. (2019) Distinct functional classes of excitatory neurons in mouse V1 are differentially modulated by learning and task engagement. bioRxiv Link
Tschetter WW, Govindaiah G, Etherington IM, Guido W, Niell CM. (2018). Refinement of spatial receptive fields in the developing mouse LGN is coordinated with excitatory and inhibitory remodeling. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(19):4531-42. Link
Song C, Piscopo DM, Niell CM, and Knopfel T (2018) Cortical signatures of wakeful somatosensory processing. Scientific Reports. 8(1):11977. Link
Piscopo DM, Weible AP, Rothbart MK, Posner MI, and Niell CM. (2018) Changes in white matter in mice resulting from low frequency brain stimulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(27):6339-6346. Link
Tomorsky J, DeBlander L, Kentros CG, Doe CQ, Niell CM. (2017) TU-tagging: a method for identifying layer-enriched neuronal genes in developing visual cortex. eNeuro 0181-17.2017. Link
Kim TH, Zhang Y, Lecoq J, Jung JC, Li J, Zeng H, Niell CM, Schnitzer MJ. Cell Reports (2016) Long-Term Optical Access to an Estimated One Million Neurons in the Live Mouse Cortex. 17(12):3385-3394. Link
Hoy JL, Yavorska I, Wehr M, Niell CM. (2016) Vision Drives Accurate Approach Behavior during Prey Capture in Laboratory Mice. Current Biology 26(22):3046-3052. Link
Piscopo DM, Niell CM. (2016) Visual Processing: Hungry Like the Mouse. Neuron. 91(5):952-3. Link
Wekselblatt JB, Flister ED, Piscopo DM, Niell CM. (2016) Large-scale imaging of cortical dynamics during sensory perception and behavior. J Neurophysiol. 115(6):2852-66. Link
Wekselblatt JB, Niell CM. (2015) Behavioral State–Getting “In The Zone”. Neuron 87(1):7-9. Link
Niell CM. (2015) Cell types, circuits, and receptive fields in the mouse visual cortex. Annu Rev Neurosci. 38:413-31. Link
Hoy JL, Niell CM. (2015) Layer-specific refinement of visual cortex function after eye opening in the awake mouse. J Neurosci. 35(8):3370-83. Link
Weible AP, Liu C, Niell CM, Wehr M. (2014) Auditory cortex is required for fear potentiation of gap detection. J Neurosci. 34(46):15437-45. Link
Lee AM, Hoy JL, Bonci A, Wilbrecht L, Stryker MP, Niell CM. (2014) Identification of a brainstem circuit regulating visual cortical state in parallel with locomotion. Neuron. 83(2):455-66. Link
Niell CM. (2013) Vision: more than expected in the early visual system. Current Biology. 23(16):R681-4. Link
Piscopo DM, El-Danaf RN, Huberman AD, Niell CM. (2013) Diverse visual features encoded in mouse lateral geniculate nucleus. J Neurosci. 33(11):4642-56. Link
Niell CM. (2011) Exploring the next frontier of mouse vision. Neuron. 72(6):889-92. Link
Huberman AD, Niell CM. (2011) What can mice tell us about how vision works? Trends Neurosci. 34(9):464-73. Link
Niell CM, Stryker MP. (2010) Modulation of visual responses by behavioral state in mouse visual cortex. Neuron. 65(4):472-9. Link
Niell CM, Stryker MP. (2008) Highly selective receptive fields in mouse visual cortex. J Neurosci. 28(30):7520-36. Link
Cang J, Niell CM, Liu X, Pfeiffenberger C, Feldheim DA, Stryker MP. (2008) Selective disruption of one Cartesian axis of cortical maps and receptive fields by deficiency in ephrin-As and structured activity. Neuron. 57(4):511-23. Link
Niell CM. (2006) Theoretical analysis of a synaptotropic dendrite growth mechanism. J Theor Biol. 241(1):39-48. Link
Niell CM, Smith SJ. (2005) Functional imaging reveals rapid development of visual response properties in the zebrafish tectum. Neuron. 45(6):941-51. Link
Niell CM, Smith SJ. (2004) Live optical imaging of nervous system development. Annu Rev Physiol. 66:771-98. Link
Niell CM, Meyer MP, Smith SJ. (2004) In vivo imaging of synapse formation on a growing dendritic arbor. Nat Neurosci. 7(3):254-60. Link