Christopher E. Gonzalez

Thalamic spindles and upstates, but not ripples, coordinate cortico-cortical and hippocampo-cortical co-ripples in humans

The paper investigates how thalamic spindles and upstates coordinate cortico-cortical and hippocampo-cortical co-ripples in humans during NREM sleep, finding that thalamic ripples do not directly synchronize co-ripples but spindles and upstates do.

Human spindle variability

The paper shows that sleep spindles vary continuously across multiple dimensions rather than being strictly divided into slow and fast categories.

Theta bursts precede, and spindles follow, cortical and thalamic downstates in human NREM sleep

The paper identifies theta bursts preceding and spindles following cortical and thalamic downstates in human NREM sleep, suggesting theta bursts may trigger downstates and aid memory consolidation.

Evaluating the diagnostic utility of applying a machine learning algorithm to diffusion tensor MRI measures in individuals with major depressive disorder

This study uses SVM on diffusion tensor MRI to classify MDD and healthy controls with 70% accuracy, showing predictive information is distributed across brain networks.