Jan Benda

The paper develops a mechanistic model of ampullary electroreception in two electric fish species using simulation-based inference to capture response properties and spectral characteristics.

This study examines how dissolved inorganic carbon affects calcite shell formation in 12 strains of freshwater algae, finding reduced shell thickness and calcite dissolution at low DIC levels.

The paper identifies nonlinear spectral response components in electroreceptor afferents under weakly nonlinear conditions, showing interactions between stimulus frequencies and baseline firing rates.

The paper develops remote tracking methods for wild electric fish and confirms nocturnal arousal linked to temperature changes.

The paper shows bursts enhance nonlinear encoding in electroreceptor afferents, improving detection of weak signals in complex environments.

The paper uses computational models to show that ion channel mutations affect neuronal firing differently across cell types, challenging the use of loss/gain of function classification for neuronal outcomes.

The paper investigates how single sensory neurons encode beat-like amplitude modulations across a range of difference frequencies in electric fish, revealing a novel mechanism involving threshold operations with exponentiation.

This paper characterizes the functional impact of the SCN1AA1783V variant in Dravet syndrome by combining electrophysiology, computational modeling, and in vitro validation, showing impaired interneuron firing due to altered channel activation.

The paper investigates how neurons can lock their firing to multiple frequencies and shows that this phenomenon provides a richer sensory representation than previously assumed.

The paper quantifies sensory scenes in free-living weakly electric fish and finds that sensory neuron tuning does not align with the frequency of behaviorally relevant communication signals.