Nick Steinmetz University of Washington

Publications

70 papers

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2026

2026A flexible quality metric for electrophysiological recordings across brain regions and speciesRoth, Chapuis, Winter, IBL, Ressmeyer, Bun, Canfield, Horwitz, SteinmetzbioRxiv 2026A multimodal approach for visualizing and identifying electrophysiological cell types in vivoLee, Gül, Heller, Lakunina, Yu, Shelton, Olsen, Steinmetz, Hurwitz, Jaramillo, Przytycki, ChandrasekaranNat Commun 2026Brain-wide topographic coordination of rotating wavesYe, Ladd, MacKenzie, Kolich, Li, Birman, Bull, Daigle, Tasic, Zeng, SteinmetzScience 2026Large-scale electrophysiology at single-spike resolutionSiegle, SteinmetzNat Rev Neurosci 2026Prefrontal to ventral tegmental area dynamics drive contingency degradationHjort, Garrett, Gordon, Ancell, Trzeciak, Lu, Bruchas, Witten, Steinmetz, StuberNature 2026Recurrent cortical networks encode natural sensory statistics via sequence filteringDeveau, Zhou, LaFosse, Deng, Mirbagheri, Steinmetz, HistedNeuron 2026The midbrain reticular formation in contextual control of perceptual decisionsShaker, Schroeter, Birman, SteinmetzNeuron

2025

2025A brain-wide map of neural activity during complex behaviourThe International Brain Laboratory, ..., Birman, Roth, Steinmetz, et al.Nature 2025Benchmarking Probabilistic Time Series Forecasting Models on Neural ActivityLu, Li, Ladd, Matveev, Deole, Shea-Brown, Kutz, SteinmetzarXiv 2025Brain-wide representations of prior information in mouse decision-makingFindling, Hubert, The International Brain Laboratory, ..., Birman, Roth, Steinmetz, et al.Nature 2025DREDge: robust motion correction for high-density extracellular recordings across speciesWindolf, ..., Ye, Shaker, Steinmetz, ..., Paninski, VarolNat Methods 2025Global and local origins of trial-to-trial spike count variability in visual cortexLi, Lu, Ladd, Matveev, Shea-Brown, SteinmetzbioRxiv 2025In vivo cell-type and brain region classification via multimodal contrastive learningYu, Lyu, Xu, Windolf, Lee, Yang, Shelton, Olsen, Minavi, ..., Paninski, HurwitzbioRxiv 2025Neuropixels Opto: Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogeneticsLakunina, Socha, Ladd, Bowen, ..., Li, ..., Ye, ..., ..., Siegle, CarandiniNat Methods 2025Reproducibility of in-vivo electrophysiological measurements in miceThe International Brain Laboratory, ..., Churchland^, Paninski^, Steinmetz^, et al.eLife 2025Ultra-high-density Neuropixels probes improve detection and identification in neuronal recordingsYe*, Shelton*, Shaker, Boussard, Colonell, ..., Mora Lopez, Dutta, Paninski, ..., Harris, SteinmetzNeuron

2024

2024Bypassing spike sorting: Density-based decoding using spike localization from dense multielectrode probesZhang, He, Boussard, Windolf, Winter, Trautmann, Roth, Barrell, Churchland, ..., Hurwitz, PaninskiNeurIPS 2024Dissociable components of attention exhibit distinct neuronal signatures in primate visual cortexChandrasekaran, Vermani, Gupta, Steinmetz, Moore, SridharanScience Advances 2024Hierarchical gradients of multiple timescales in the mammalian forebrainSong, Shin, Seo, Soltani, Steinmetz, Lee, Jung, PaikPNAS 2024Interactive data exploration websites for large-scale electrophysiologyBirman, Chapuis, Faulkner, Rossant, the International Brain Laboratory, ..., Steinmetz, Urai, Wells, West, WinterbioRxiv 2024Simultaneous mesoscopic measurement and manipulation of mouse cortical activityMatveev, Li, Ye, Bowen, Opitz-Araya, Ting, SteinmetzbioRxiv 2024The spiking output of the mouse olfactory bulb encodes large-scale temporal features of natural odor environmentsLewis, Suarez, Rigolli, Franks, Steinmetz, GirebioRxiv

2023

2023A stable, distributed code for cue value in mouse cortex during reward learningOttenheimer*, Hjort*, Bowen*, Steinmetz^, Stuber^eLife 2023Data architecture for a large-scale neuroscience collaborationThe International Brain Laboratory, ..., Steinmetz, et al.Nat Methods 2023Intrinsic timescales in the visual cortex change with selective attention and reflect spatial connectivityZeraati, Shi, Steinmetz, Gieselmann, Thiele, Moore, Levina, EngelNat Commun 2023Pinpoint: trajectory planning for multi-probe electrophysiology and injections in an interactive web-based 3D environmentBirman, Yang, West, Karsh, Browning, The International Brain Laboratory, Siegle, SteinmetzeLife [Reviewed Preprint]

2022

2022A scale-dependent measure of system dimensionalityRecanatesi, Bradde, Balasubramaniam^, Steinmetz^, Shea-Brown^Patterns 2022Cortical state dynamics and selective attention define the spatial pattern of correlated variability in neocortexShi, Steinmetz, Moore, Boahen, EngelNat Commun 2022Neuromatch Academy: a 3-week, online summer school in computational neuroscience't Hart', ..., Steinmetz, et al.J. of Open Science Education 2022The importance of accounting for movement when relating neuronal activity to sensory and cognitive processesZagha, Ehrlich, Lee, Lur, O'Connor, Steinmetz, Stringer, YangJ Neurosci

2021

2021CellExplorer: A framework for visualizing and characterizing single neuronsPetersen, Siegle, Steinmetz, Mahallati, BuzsákiNeuron 2021Go with the FLOW: Visualizing spatiotemporal dynamics in optical widefield calcium imagingLinden, Tabuena, Steinmetz, Moody, Brunton S, Brunton BJ. of the Royal Society Interface 2021Neurogrid simulates cortical cell-types, active dendrites, and top-down attentionBenjamin, Steinmetz, Oza, Aguayo, BoahenNeuromorphic Comp. and Eng. 2021Neuropixels 2.0: A miniaturized high-density probe for stable, long-term brain recordingsSteinmetz*, Aydin*, Lebedeva*, Okun*, Pachitariu*, et al.Science 2021Sensory coding and the causal impact of mouse cortex in a visual decisionZatka-Haas*, Steinmetz*, Carandini, HarriseLife 2021Striatal activity topographically reflects cortical activityPeters, Fabre, Steinmetz, Harris, CarandiniNature 2021Top-down coordination of local cortical state during selective attentionVan Kempen, Gieselmann, Boyd, Steinmetz, Moore, Engel, ThieleNeuron

2020

2020Arousal modulates retinal outputSchroeder, Steinmetz, Krumin, Pachitariu, Rizzi, Lagnado, Harris, CarandiniNeuron 2020Cortical state fluctuations during sensory decision makingJacobs, Steinmetz, Peters, Carandini, HarrisCurr Biol 2020Why not record from every electrode with a CMOS scanning probe?Dimitriadis, Neto, ..., Steinmetz, et al.bioRxiv

2019

2019Distinct structure of cortical population activity on fast and infraslow timescalesOkun, Steinmetz, Lak, Dervinis, HarrisCerebral Cortex 2019Distributed coding of choice, action, and engagement across the mouse brainSteinmetz, Zatka-Haas, Carandini, HarrisNature 2019High-dimensional geometry of population responses in visual cortexStringer*, Pachitariu*, Steinmetz, Carandini, HarrisNature 2019Laminar Segregation of Sensory Coding and Behavioral Readout in Macaque V4Pettine, Steinmetz, MoorePNAS 2019New perspectives on dimensionality and variability from large-scale cortical dynamicsEngel, SteinmetzCurrent Opinion in Neurobiology 2019Spontaneous behaviors drive multidimensional, brain-wide population activityStringer*, Pachitariu*, Steinmetz, Reddy, Carandini, HarrisScience 2019The impact of bilateral ongoing activity on evoked responses in mouse cortexShimaoka, Steinmetz, Harris, CarandinieLife

2018

2018A tool for analyzing electrode tracks from slice histologyShamash, Carandini, Harris, SteinmetzbioRxiv 2018Challenges and opportunities for large-scale electrophysiology with Neuropixels probesSteinmetz, Koch, Harris, CarandiniCurrent Opinion in Neurobiology

2017

2017Aberrant Cortical Activity in Multiple GCaMP6-Expressing Transgenic Mouse LinesSteinmetz, Buetfering, Lecoq, Lee, et al.eNeuro 2017Does the Superior Colliculus Control Perceptual Sensitivity or Choice Bias during Attention? Evidence from a Multialternative Decision FrameworkSridharan, Steinmetz, Moore, KnudsenJ Neurosci 2017Fully Integrated Silicon Probes for High-Density Recording of Neural ActivityJun*, Steinmetz*, Siegle*, Denman*, Bauza*, Barbarits*, Lee*, ..., HarrisNature 2017High-Yield Methods for Accurate Two-Alternative Visual Psychophysics in Head-Fixed MiceBurgess*, Lak*, Steinmetz*, Zatka-Haas*, et al.Cell Rep

2016

2016Fast and accurate spike sorting of high-channel count probes with KiloSortPachitariu, Steinmetz, Kadir, Carandini, HarrisNeurIPS 2016Inhibitory control of correlated intrinsic variability in cortical networksStringer, Pachitariu, Steinmetz, Okun, Bartho, Harris, Sahani, LesicaeLife 2016Selective modulation of cortical state during spatial attentionEngel*, Steinmetz*, Gieselmann, Thiele, Moore, BoahenScience

2015

2015Diverse coupling of neurons to populations in sensory cortexOkun, Steinmetz, ..., Carandini, HarrisNature

2014

2014Circuits underlying visual attention in primate neocortexSteinmetzPh.D. Thesis, Stanford University 2014Distinguishing bias from sensitivity effects in multialternative detection tasksSridharan, Steinmetz, Moore, KnudsenJournal of Vision 2014Eye Movement Preparation Modulates Neuronal Responses in Area V4 When Dissociated from Attentional DemandsSteinmetz, MooreNeuron 2014Visual space is compressed in prefrontal cortex before eye movementsZirnsak, Steinmetz, Noudoost, Xu, MooreNature

2012

2012Frontal eye fieldSquire*, Steinmetz*, MooreScholarpedia 2012Lumping and splitting the neural circuitry of visual attentionSteinmetz, MooreNeuron

2010

2010Changes in the Response Rate and Response Variability of Area V4 Neurons During the Preparation of Saccadic Eye MovementsSteinmetz, MooreJ Neurophysiol 2010Top-down control of visual attentionNoudoost, Chang, Steinmetz, MooreCurrent Opinion in Neurobiology

2009

2009Mechanisms of Sleep-Dependent Consolidation of Cortical PlasticityAton, Seibt, Dumoulin, Jha, Steinmetz, Coleman, Naidoo, FrankNeuron

2008

2008Mid-fusiform activation during object discrimination reflects the process of differentiating structural descriptionsLiu, Steinmetz, Farley, Smith, JosephJournal of Cognitive Neuroscience

2006

2006fMRI correlates of cortical specialization and generalization for letter processingJoseph, Cerullo, Farley, Steinmetz, MierNeuroimage 2006fMRI in alert, behaving monkeys: an adaptation of the human infant familiarization novelty preference procedureJoseph, Powell, Andersen, ..., Steinmetz, ZhangJournal of Neuroscience Methods

2005

2005Sleep-Dependent Plasticity Requires Cortical ActivityJha, Jones, Coleman, Steinmetz, ..., FrankJ Neurosci