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Nature Methods 5, 925–926 (1 November 2008) | doi:10.1038/nmeth1108-925

New views into the brain of mice on the move

Fritjof Helmchen & Carl C H Petersen

Remarkable correlations have been found between behavior and brain activity, mainly measured through electrophysiological recordings and functional magnetic resonance imaging. Nevertheless, neuroscientists are still far from understanding behavior in terms of the underlying dynamic patterns of activity in neuronal networks.