Bard Ermentrout

The paper develops a biophysical model of chromatophore arrays to generate dynamic skin patterns similar to those in cephalopods, showing that minimal central control can produce complex behaviors.

This paper investigates how different neuron models affect simulated basal ganglia beta oscillations, showing that the choice of integrate-and-fire model determines whether the subthalamic nucleus amplifies or suppresses beta oscillations.

The paper develops a spiking network model of cortical neurons with two inhibitory subtypes and VIP modulation, showing it can produce multiple coexisting rhythms.

This study shows that persistent gamma oscillations are more vulnerable to synaptic alterations in schizophrenia than stimulus-locked oscillations, explaining regional differences in gamma power deficits.

The paper identifies different types of traveling waves in brain activity during memory tasks and links their patterns to specific cognitive processes and remembered items.

The paper identifies hidden spiral dynamics underlying traveling waves in human neural activity during memory tasks using a new computational framework.

The paper investigates how disinhibition of a recurrent attractor network in flies enables rapid switching of persistent goal signals during navigation.

This study develops models of cortical networks that incorporate short-term synaptic depression to explain both asynchronous and synchronous activity observed in vitro.

This study investigates how inhibitory neural circuits regulate locomotor statistics in Drosophila, identifying specific neurons that control search behavior and movement parameters.

This paper proposes a phase-locking mechanism for multi-level storage in short-term memory using oscillatory activity, enabling persistent and sequential activity patterns with graded amplitudes.

The paper shows that chaotic dynamics in spatially distributed neuronal networks explain shared variability in population responses.

The paper studies how inhibition controls the speed and stability of traveling waves in cortical networks using computational models and simulations.

The paper investigates why gamma oscillations have higher frequency in primate prefrontal cortex compared to parietal cortex, finding no differences in GABAAR inhibition but suggesting stronger excitatory drive in prefrontal neurons.

This paper develops a multiscale spatiotemporal model of influenza infection and immune response, showing that localized viral exposure significantly impacts infection severity.

This study investigates the role of Kcns3 in PV neuron function using computational models and electrophysiology in Kcns3-deficient mice, finding disruptions in firing patterns and gamma oscillations.

The paper proposes a neural mechanism for direction-selective motion discrimination in visual cortex using endogenous traveling waves, showing that competition between opposing neurons enhances motion discrimination.

This study identifies navigation strategies mice use to locate odor sources by analyzing behavioral changes and creating concentration-dependent models.

This paper presents a working memory model showing that stable oscillatory dynamics enable transitions between memory states and multi-item capacity, as well as facilitate neural binding.