Antonio Pazienti

Circuit-Level Dynamics of Slow Wave Activity and Propagation During the Awakening Process

This study examines SWA dynamics during mouse awakening from anesthesia, showing state-dependent changes in spectral power and propagation patterns across brain regions.

Probing The Edge Of Synchronization: Cortical Activity Transiently Slips Into Slow Waves In Behaving Monkeys

The paper investigates whether the brain operates near a synchronization critical point during cognitive tasks or only during resting wakefulness, finding critical dynamics in the awake state during resting periods.

Slow waves form expanding, memory-rich mesostates steered by local excitability in fading anesthesia

The paper investigates network features of slow-wave activity under fading anesthesia in mice, finding that local excitability changes drive metastable patterns without altering connectivity.

Modulation of coordinated activity across cortical layers by plasticity of inhibitory synapses onto layer 5 pyramidal neurons

The paper shows that plasticity of inhibitory synapses onto layer 5 pyramidal neurons modulates excitation-inhibition ratios, neuronal gain, and information transfer across cortical layers.

Strong preference for autaptic self-connectivity of neocortical PV interneurons entrains them to γ-oscillations

The paper investigates autaptic self-connectivity in neocortical PV interneurons and finds it significantly contributes to perisomatic inhibition and synchronization with gamma-oscillations.