Design sample

A university lab website design sample by Dicolab. NEURO Lab is fictional — its university, people, projects, papers and posts are not real. Design © Dicolab. Copying or reusing it without permission may lead to legal action. More design samples (Korean)

KOEN
Collaborate

NEURO Lab — Neural Circuits Lab

We read the night memories settle, one spike at a time

We record hippocampus, thalamus and motor cortex together to find the circuits behind memory, sleep and movement.

Explore the brain map Collaborate
Prefrontal cortexMotor cortexHippocampusThalamusCerebellumBrainstem
Spike raster of 48 neurons — illustrative Where those neurons sit — sagittal section

Brain map

Tap a region to see the research done there

← AnteriorPosterior →
  • Memory Circuits
  • Motor Control & BCI
  • Sleep Rhythms

Pick a region

We record from six regions to ask three questions — where memories settle, where movements are prepared, and how sleep sets its rhythm.

PFCMemory Circuits

Prefrontal cortex

Which neural populations hold information in working memory for a few seconds?

Research here

  • Codes that keep working memory stable under distraction
  • Theta timing between hippocampus and PFC at choice

Recent papers

  1. 21Low-dimensional prefrontal codes stabilise working memory under distraction2026
  2. 16Hippocampal–prefrontal coherence during delay predicts recall accuracy2025

All 4 papers on Prefrontal cortex About this topic

M1Motor Control & BCI

Motor cortex

Can reach direction be read from motor-cortex trajectories before the movement starts?

Research here

  • Reach direction readable 300 ms ahead
  • Cursor control that survives electrode drift

Recent papers

  1. 24Preparatory trajectories in motor cortex predict reach direction 300 ms ahead2026
  2. 23A drift-aware decoder for week-long closed-loop cursor control2026

All 8 papers on Motor cortex About this topic

HPCMemory Circuits

Hippocampus

Does place-cell replay during sleep change next-day navigation?

Research here

  • Order of route replay during sleep
  • Theta timing between hippocampus and PFC at choice
  • Spindle–ripple coupling that weakens with age

Recent papers

  1. 25Sharp-wave ripples gate overnight replay of newly learned routes2026
  2. 18Place-cell sequences compress more after novel than familiar runs2025

All 8 papers on Hippocampus About this topic

THSleep Rhythms

Thalamus

Which thalamic rhythm starts sleep spindles and how do they spread to cortex?

Research here

  • Order of route replay during sleep
  • Thalamic rhythms that set spindle frequency
  • The switch into REM sleep
  • Spindle–ripple coupling that weakens with age

Recent papers

  1. 25Sharp-wave ripples gate overnight replay of newly learned routes2026
  2. 22A lightweight convolutional model for automated sleep-spindle detection2026

All 7 papers on Thalamus About this topic

CBMotor Control & BCI

Cerebellum

How do cerebellar error signals correct the next movement?

Research here

  • Cursor control that survives electrode drift
  • Cerebellar error signals after a missed reach

Recent papers

  1. 23A drift-aware decoder for week-long closed-loop cursor control2026
  2. 20Climbing-fibre error signals scale with reach endpoint variance2025

All 5 papers on Cerebellum About this topic

BSSleep Rhythms

Brainstem

Which brainstem populations decide the switch into REM sleep?

Research here

  • The switch into REM sleep

Recent papers

  1. 19Brainstem bursts precede the switch from spindle-rich sleep to REM2025
  2. 15Brainstem population activity just before the onset of REM sleep2025

All 3 papers on Brainstem About this topic

About

We study how the sleeping brain rewrites the day — and how those circuits can restore movement.

Led by Prof. Seoyun Han with 2 postdocs, 8 graduate students and 2 undergraduates.

GreetingMembers

Papers by topic — one tick, one paper

Latest papers

What we published lately

Checked weekly and approved by the PI. Last checked Oct 26, 2026

All 25 papers
While runningDuring sleep (compressed replay) Illustrative — not real data

Int’l journalHippocampusThalamus

“Sharp-wave ripples gate overnight replay of newly learned routes”

On the night after learning a new route, place-cell sequences replayed in compressed form during ripples; blocking ripples slowed next-day navigation.

Journal of Circuit Neuroscience, 18(4), 211–229, 2026.

  1. 24
    “Preparatory trajectories in motor cortex predict reach direction 300 ms ahead”

    R. Seo, D. Lee, M. Kang, S. Han*

    Neuroengineering Reports, 9(2), 88–104, 2026.

    Int’l journalMotor cortexLINK full textPDF file
  2. 23
    “A drift-aware decoder for week-long closed-loop cursor control”

    D. Lee, R. Seo, S. Han*

    Proc. International Conference on Neural Interfaces (ICNI 2026), pp. 412–417, 2026.

    Int’l conferenceMotor cortexCerebellumLINK full text
  3. 22
    “A lightweight convolutional model for automated sleep-spindle detection”

    H. Jung, T. Moon, S. Han*

    Journal of the Korean Society for Neural Circuits, 12(2), 45–58, 2026. (in Korean)

    Domestic journalThalamusLINK full textPDF file
  4. 21
    “Low-dimensional prefrontal codes stabilise working memory under distraction”

    S. Park, J. Kim, S. Han*

    Brain Rhythm Research, 31(1), 15–33, 2026.

    Int’l journalPrefrontal cortexLINK full text

News & notices

All lab news

Notices

Looking for labs to record and analyse with

Data sharing, shared equipment or joint grants — write to us first. We usually reply within three days.

neuro@neurolab.exampleLocation