Ramon Guevara Erra

Whisker stimulation reinforces a resting-state network in the barrel cortex: nested oscillations and avalanches

The paper investigates resting-state activity in the rat barrel cortex and shows that 11 Hz oscillations and neuronal avalanches are modulated by slower rhythms and are involved in sensory responses to whisker stimulation.

Brain-tuning near criticality in newborns by prenatal experience with language

This study shows that newborns' brains tune near criticality in response to prenatal language exposure, with differential responses to familiar and unfamiliar languages based on rhythm similarity.

The somatosensory barrel cortex controls the spindlethalamocortical oscillation by frequency locking

The paper demonstrates that the somatosensory barrel cortex controls spindle oscillations through frequency locking in anesthetized rats.

The Role of Syllabic Rhythm in Speech Perception Across Languages

The paper tests if inserting silences to restore theta rhythm improves speech comprehension in French and Japanese, finding it effective in French but not Japanese.

Prenatal experience with language shapes the brain

This study shows that newborns' brain activity shows increased long-range temporal correlations after speech stimulation, particularly for the language they heard prenatally.

Complexity of brain dynamics as a correlate of consciousness in anaesthetized monkeys

This study measures brain activity complexity in anaesthetized monkeys to correlate with consciousness levels, finding changes in complexity with different anaesthetics.

On a simple general principle of brain organization.

The paper proposes a framework to understand brain organization and dynamics in conscious and unconscious states by emphasizing energy gradient creation and dissipation in neural networks.