Publications
"Nothing in science has any value to society if it is not communicated" - Anne Roe
We believe it is our duty as scientists to openly communicate our findings and tools to the scientific community and the broader public. The Cai Lab is committed to accessible and transparent science.
Breakdown of spatial coding and interneuron synchronization in epileptic mice
Shuman T, Aharoni D, Cai DJ, Lee CR, Chavlis S, Page-Harley L, Vetere LM, Feng Y, Yang CY, Mollinedo-Gajate I, Chen L, Pennington ZT, Taxidis J, Flores SE, Cheng K, Javaherian M, Kaba CC, Rao N, La-Vu M, Pandi I, Shtrahman M, Bakurin KI, Masmanidis S, Kakh MS, Poirazi P, Silva AJ, Golshani P (2020) Nature
The lab on lockdown: Thinking back and looking ahead
Poe GR, Cai DJ (2020) Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Creating space for synaptic formation – A new role for microglia in synaptic plasticity
Zaki Y, Cai DJ (2020) Cell
The role of intrinsic excitability in the evolution of memory: Significance in memory allocation, consolidation, and updating
Chen L, Cummings KA, Mau W, Zaki Y, Dong Z, Rabinowitz S, Clem RL, Shuman T, Cai DJ (2020) Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
The brain in motion: How ensemble fluidity drives memory-updating and flexibility
Mau W, Hasselmo ME, Cai DJ (2020) eLife
ezTrack: An open-source video analysis pipeline for the investigation of animal behavior
Pennington ZT, Dong Z, Bowler R, Feng Y, Vetere LM, Shuman T, Cai DJ (2019) Scientific Reports
Human memories can be linked by temporal proximity
It all begins with an idea.
Yetton BD, Cai DJ, Spoormaker VI, Silva AJ, Mednick SC (2019) Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
CCR5 is a suppressor for cortical plasticity and hippocampal learning and memory
Zhou M, Greenhill S, Huang S, Silva TK, Sano Y, Wu S, Cai Y, Nagaoka Y, Sehgal M, Cai DJ, Lee YS, Fox K, Silva AJ (2016) eLife
Molecular and cellular mechanisms for trapping and activating emotional memories
Rogerson T, Jayaprakash B, Cai DJ, Sano Y, Lee Y, Bekal P, Deisseroth K, Silva AJ (2016) PLOS ONE
A shared neural ensemble links distinct contextual memories encoded close in time
Cai DJ, Aharoni D, Shuman T, Shobe J, Biane J, Song W, Wei B, Veshkini M, La-Vu M, Lou J, Flores S, Kim I, Sano Y, Zhou M, Baumgaertel K, Lavi A, Kamata M, Tuszynski M, Mayford M, Golshani P, Silva AJ (2016) Nature
Synaptic clustering within dendrites: An emerging theory of memory formation
Kastellakis G, Cai DJ, Mednick SC, Silva AJ, Poirazi P (2015) Progress in Neurobiology
CREB regulates memory allocation in the insular cortex
Sano Y, Shobe JL, Zhou M, Huang S, Shuman T, Cai DJ, Golshani P, Kamata M, Silva AJ (2014) Current Biology
Synaptic tagging during memory allocation
Rogerson T, Cai DJ, Frank A, Sano Y, Shobe J, Lopez-Aranda MF, Silva AJ (2014) Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Interactions between modafinil and cocaine during the induction and expression of conditioned place preference and locomotor sensitization: implications for addiction
Shuman T, Cai DJ, Sage JR, Anagnostaras SG (2012) Behavioural Brain Research
An opportunistic theory of cellular and systems consolidation
Mednick SC, Cai DJ, Shuman T, Anagnostaras SG, Wixted JT (2011) Trends in Neurosciences
The role of sleep and practice in implicit and explicit motor learning
Rieth CA, Cai DJ, Mednick SC (2010) Behavioural Brain Research
Automated assessment of Pavlovian conditioned freezing and shock reactivity using the VideoFreeze system
Anagnostaras SG, Wood SC, Shuman T, Cai DJ, LeDuc AD, Zurn KR, Sage JR, Herrera GM (2010) Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Sleep and rest facilitate implicit memory in a visual search task
Mednick SC, Makovski T, Cai DJ, Jiang YV (2009) Vision Research
Reconsidering the role of sleep for motor memory consolidation
It all begins with an idea.
Cai DJ and Rickard TC (2009) Behavioral Neuroscience
Sleep selectively enhances hippocampus-dependent memory in mice
Cai DJ, Shuman T, Gorman MR, Sage JR, Anagnostaras SG (2009) Behavioral Neuroscience