Professor Mikko Juusola
Professor of Systems Neuroscience Room: B2 222b Alfred Denny building |
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General |
Brief career history
Education
Professional activities
Invited Talks 2019-20
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Research |
Neural mechanisms of cognition in small brains: Experiments and theory to decode perception and action
Current Grant Funding
Collaborations
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Teaching |
Undergraduate and postgraduate taught modules Undergraduate:
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Selected publications
Journal articles
- Li X, Abou Tayoun A, Song Z, Dau A, Rien D, Jaciuch D, Dongre S, Blanchard F, Nikolaev A, Zheng L , Bollepalli MK et al (2019) Ca2+-activated K+ channels reduce network excitability, improving adaptability and energetics for transmitting and perceiving sensory information. Journal of Neuroscience. View this article in WRRO
- Juusola MI, Dau A, Song Z, Solanki N, Rien D, Jaciuch D, Dongre S, Blanchard F, de Polavieja GG, Hardie RC & Takalo J (2017) Microsaccadic sampling of moving image information provides Drosophila hyperacute vision. eLife, 6. View this article in WRRO
- Juusola MI & Song Z (2017) How a fly photoreceptor samples light information in time. Journal of Physiology. View this article in WRRO
- Juusola MI, Dau A, Zheng L & Rien D (2016) Electrophysiological Method for Recording Intracellular Voltage Responses of Drosophila Photoreceptors and Interneurons to Light Stimuli In Vivo. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 112. View this article in WRRO
- Randall AS, Liu C-H, Chu B, Zhang Q, Dongre SA, Juusola M, Franze K, Wakelam MJO & Hardie RC (2015) Speed and Sensitivity of Phototransduction in Drosophila Depend on Degree of Saturation of Membrane Phospholipids. Journal of Neuroscience, 35(6), 2731-2746. View this article in WRRO
- Hardie RC & Juusola M (2015) Phototransduction in Drosophila. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 34, 37-45. View this article in WRRO
- Song Z & Juusola M (2014) Refractory sampling links efficiency and costs of sensory encoding to stimulus statistics.. J Neurosci, 34(21), 7216-7237. View this article in WRRO
- Li M, Liu F, Juusola M & Tang S (2014) Perceptual color map in macaque visual area V4.. J Neurosci, 34(1), 202-217.
- Song Z, Postma M, Billings SA, Coca D, Hardie RC & Juusola M (2012) Stochastic, adaptive sampling of information by microvilli in fly photoreceptors. Current Biology, 22(15), 1371-1380.
- Wardill TJ, List O, Li X, Dongre S, McCulloch M, Ting C-Y, O'Kane CJ, Tang S, Lee C-H, Hardie RC & Juusola M (2012) Multiple spectral inputs improve motion discrimination in the Drosophila visual system.. Science, 336(6083), 925-931. View this article in WRRO
- Tayoun ANA, Li X, Chu B, Hardie RC, Juusola M & Dolph PJ (2011) The drosophila SK channel (dSK) contributes to photoreceptor performance by mediating sensitivity control at the first visual network. Journal of Neuroscience, 31(39), 13897-13910.
- Gonzalez-Bellido PT, Wardill TJ & Juusola MI (2011) Compound eyes and retinal information processing in miniature dipteran species match their specific ecological demands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, 108, 4224-4229. View this article in WRRO
- Tang S & Juusola MI (2010) Intrinsic Activity in the Fly Brain Gates Visual Information during Behavioral Choices. PLoS One, 5(12). View this article in WRRO
- Zheng L, Nikolaev A, Wardill TJ, O'Kane CJ, de Polavieja GG & Juusola M (2009) Network adaptation improves temporal representation of naturalistic stimuli in Drosophila eye: I dynamics. PLoS ONE, 4(1). View this article in WRRO
- Nikolaev A, Zheng L, Wardill TJ, de Polavieja GG, Juusola MI & O'Kane CJ (2009) Network adaptation improves temporal representation of naturalistic stimuli in Drosophila eye: II mechanisms.. PLoS One(4). View this article in WRRO
- Gonzalez-Bellido PT, Wardill TJ, Kostyleva R, Meinertzhagen IA & Juusola MI (2009) Overexpressing Temperature-Sensitive Dynamin Decelerates Phototransduction and Bundles Microtubules in Drosophila Photoreceptors.. Journal of Neuroscience, 29, 14199-14210. View this article in WRRO
- Pantazis A, Segaran A, Liu CH, Nikolaev A, Rister J, Thum AS, Roeder T, Semenov E, Juusola M & Hardie RC (2008) Distinct roles for two histamine receptors (hclA and hclB) at the Drosophila photoreceptor synapse. Journal of Neuroscience, 28(29), 7250-7259.
- Faivre OC & Juusola MI (2008) Visual coding in locust photoreceptors.. PLoS One, 3(5). View this article in WRRO
- Juusola M, Robinson HPC & de Polavieja GG (2007) Coding with spike shapes and graded potentials in cortical networks.. Bioessays, 29(2), 178-187.
- McQuibban GA, Lee JR, Zheng L, Juusola M & Freeman M (2006) Normal mitochondrial dynamics requires rhomboid-7 and affects Drosophila lifespan and neuronal function.. Curr Biol, 16(10), 982-989.
- Zheng L, de Polavieja GG, Wolfram V, Asyali MH, Hardie RC & Juusola M (2006) Feedback network controls photoreceptor output at the layer of first visual synapses in Drosophila.. J Gen Physiol, 127(5), 495-510.
- Vähäsöyrinki M, Niven JE, Hardie RC, Weckström M & Juusola M (2006) Robustness of neural coding in Drosophila photoreceptors in the absence of slow delayed rectifier K+ channels.. J Neurosci, 26(10), 2652-2660.
- de Polavieja GG, Harsch A, Kleppe I, Robinson HPC & Juusola M (2005) Stimulus history reliably shapes action potential waveforms of cortical neurons.. J Neurosci, 25(23), 5657-5665.
- Juusola M & de Polavieja GG (2003) The rate of information transfer of naturalistic stimulation by graded potentials.. J Gen Physiol, 122(2), 191-206.
- Niven JE, Vähäsöyrinki M, Kauranen M, Hardie RC, Juusola M & Weckström M (2003) The contribution of Shaker K+ channels to the information capacity of Drosophila photoreceptors.. Nature, 421(6923), 630-634.
- Hardie RC, Martin F, Cochrane GW, Juusola M, Georgiev P & Raghu P (2002) Molecular basis of amplification in Drosophila phototransduction: roles for G protein, phospholipase C, and diacylglycerol kinase.. Neuron, 36(4), 689-701.
- Hardie RC, Raghu P, Moore S, Juusola M, Baines RA & Sweeney ST (2001) Calcium influx via TRP channels is required to maintain PIP2 levels in Drosophila photoreceptors.. Neuron, 30(1), 149-159.
- Juusola M & Hardie RC (2001) Light adaptation in Drosophila photoreceptors: II. Rising temperature increases the bandwidth of reliable signaling.. J Gen Physiol, 117(1), 27-42.
- Juusola M & Hardie RC (2001) Light adaptation in Drosophila photoreceptors: I. Response dynamics and signaling efficiency at 25 degrees C.. J Gen Physiol, 117(1), 3-25.
- Juusola M & French AS (1997) The efficiency of sensory information coding by mechanoreceptor neurons.. Neuron, 18(6), 959-968.
- Juusola M & French AS (1997) Visual acuity for moving objects in first- and second-order neurons of the fly compound eye.. J Neurophysiol, 77(3), 1487-1495.
- Juusola M, French AS, Uusitalo RO & Weckström M (1996) Information processing by graded-potential transmission through tonically active synapses.. Trends Neurosci, 19(7), 292-297.
- Juusola M, Weckström M, Uusitalo RO, Korenberg MJ & French AS (1995) Nonlinear models of the first synapse in the light-adapted fly retina.. J Neurophysiol, 74(6), 2538-2547.
- Uusitalo RO, Juusola M, Kouvalainen E & Weckström M (1995) Tonic transmitter release in a graded potential synapse.. J Neurophysiol, 74(1), 470-473.
- Juusola M, Uusitalo RO & Weckström M (1995) Transfer of graded potentials at the photoreceptor-interneuron synapse.. J Gen Physiol, 105(1), 117-148.
- Juusola M, Kouvalainen E, Järvilehto M & Weckström M (1994) Contrast gain, signal-to-noise ratio, and linearity in light-adapted blowfly photoreceptors.. J Gen Physiol, 104(3), 593-621.
- Juusola M & Weckström M (1993) Band-pass filtering by voltage-dependent membrane in an insect photoreceptor.. Neurosci Lett, 154(1-2), 84-88.
- JUUSOLA M (1993) LINEAR AND NONLINEAR CONTRAST CODING IN LIGHT-ADAPTED BLOWFLY PHOTORECEPTORS. J COMP PHYSIOL A, 172(4), 511-521.
- WECKSTROM M, JUUSOLA M & LAUGHLIN SB (1992) PRESYNAPTIC ENHANCEMENT OF SIGNAL TRANSIENTS IN PHOTORECEPTOR TERMINALS IN THE COMPOUND EYE. P ROY SOC LOND B BIO, 250(1327), 83-89.
- Weckström M, Kouvalainen E & Juusola M (1992) Measurement of cell impedance in frequency domain using discontinuous current clamp and white-noise-modulated current injection.. Pflugers Arch, 421(5), 469-472.