Dietmar Plenz

The paper shows that a balanced excitatory/inhibitory neuronal network can generate gliders that interact and compute, with high capacity near balance and low capacity with strong inhibition.

The paper shows that cortical neuron ensembles scale critically without cooperative amplification, maintaining stationary dynamics and increasing representational specificity.

The paper shows novel spikes in the cortex disproportionately influence neighboring neurons through power-law scaling, suggesting critical dynamics enable efficient novelty detection.

The paper corrects scaling biases in neuronal avalanche analysis by showing that temporal coarse-graining and firing threshold adjustments restore the expected quadratic scaling exponent, χ = 2, even with sparse sampling.

This study shows alpha oscillations in the awake resting-state modulate neural activity through alternating inhibition and excitation bouts, with long-term waxing and waning dynamics not observed during NREM sleep.

The paper shows cortical cell assemblies synchronize as scale-invariant parabolic avalanches with quadratic growth in duration, indicating critical dynamics in brain activity.

The paper proposes a mathematical model of oligodendrocyte-mediated myelin plasticity that enables synchronization of neural signals through adaptive conduction delays.

This study examines how housing conditions, sex, and genetic background affect wheel running behavior in mice, finding sex- and housing-specific differences in wheel usage.

The paper examines the long-term stability of neuronal avalanche scaling and integrative network organization in prefrontal and premotor cortex of awake nonhuman primates over weeks.

The paper shows that single cortical neurons selectively participate in specific neuronal avalanche patterns, and this selectivity is abolished by altering excitation-inhibition balance.

The paper explores similarities in scale-free dynamics between animal group flocking and brain neuronal activity, suggesting phase transitions underlie efficient information propagation.

The paper shows neuronal avalanches in awake nonhuman primates follow a symmetrical, scale-invariant parabola and are modulated by γ-oscillations.

This study examines neuronal activity in auditory cortex layers L4 and L2/3 of mice, finding that both spontaneous and evoked activity exhibit neuronal avalanches with similar power law distributions across sound levels.