Selected Publications

Rhythms and brain coordination.

• * G.B. Ermentrout and N. Kopell. Fine structure of neural spiking and synchronization in the presence of conduction delays. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 1998;95:1259-64.
• * N. Kopell, G.B. Ermentrout, M. Whittington, and R. Traub. Gamma rhythms and beta rhythms have different synchronization properties. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 2000;97:1867-72.
•    S. Jones, D. Pinto, T. Kaper, and N. Kopell. Alpha-frequency rhythms desynchronize over long cortical distances: A modeling study. J. Comput. Neurosci., 2000;9:271-91.
•    E. Fuchs, H. Doheny, H. Faulkner, A. Caputi, R.D. Traub, A. Bibbig, N. Kopell, M. Whittington, and H. Monyer. Genetically altered AMPA-type glutamate receptor kinetics in interneurons disrupt long-range synchrony of gamma oscillation. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 2001;98:3571-6.
• * R. Traub, N. Kopell, A. Bibbig, E. Buhl, F. LeBeau, and M. Whittington. Gap junctions between interneuron dendrites can enhance synchrony of gamma oscillations in distributed networks. J. Neurosci., 2001;21:9478-86.
•    D. Pinto, S. Jones, T. Kaper, and N. Kopell. Analysis of state-dependent transitions in frequency and long-distance coordination in a model oscillatory cortical circuit. J. Comput. Neurosci., 2003;15:283-98.
•    T. Netoff, M. Banks, A. Dorval, C. Acker, J. Haas, N. Kopell, and J. White. Synchronization in hybrid neuronal networks of the hippocampal formation. J. Neurophysiol., 2005;93:1197-208.
• * M. Cunningham, D. Pervouchine, C. Racca, N. Kopell, C. Davies, R. Jones, R. Traub, and M. Whittington. Neuronal metabolism governs cortical network response state. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 2006;103:5597-601.
• * S. Lee, K. Sen, and N. Kopell. Cortical gamma rhythms are modulated by NMDAR-mediated spike timing dependent plasticity in a biophysical model. PLOS Comput. Biol., 2009;5(12):e1000602.
•    E. Munro and N. Kopell. Subthreshold somatic voltage in neocortical pyramidal cells can control whether spikes propagate from the axonal plexus to axon terminals: a model study. J. Neurophysiol., 2012 May;107(10):2833-52. doi: 10.1152/jn.00709.2011. Epub 2012 Feb 29.
•    C. Börgers, J. Li, and N. Kopell. Approximate, not perfect synchrony maximizes the downstream effectiveness of excitatory neuronal ensembles. Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience, 2014 4:10 DOI: 10.1186/2190-8567-4-10.
•    J. Lee, M. Whittington, and N. Kopell. Potential mechanisms underlying intercortical signal regulation via cholinergic neuromodulators. J. Neurosci., 2015 Nov 11;35(45):15000-14. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0629-15.2015.
•    M. Ainsworth, S. Lee, M. Kaiser, J. Simonotto, N. Kopell, and M. Whittington. GABAB receptor-mediated, layer-specific synaptic plasticity reorganizes gamma-frequency neocortical response to stimulation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 2016 May 10;113(19):E2721-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1605243113. Epub 2016 Apr 26.
•    A. Singer, G. Talei Franzesi, S. Kodandaramaiah, F. Flores, J. Cohen, A. Lee, C. Borgers, C. Forest, N. Kopell, and E. Boyden. Mesoscale-duration activated states gate spiking in response to fast rises in membrane voltage in the awake brain. J. Neurophysiol., 2017 Aug 1;118(2):1270-1291. doi: 10.1152/jn.00116.2017. Epub 2017 May 31.
• * J. Sherfey, S. Ardid, J. Hass, M. Hasselmo, and N. Kopell. Flexible resonance in prefrontal networks with strong feedback inhibition. PLOS Comp. Biol., 2018 Aug 9;14(8):e1006357. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006357. eCollection 2018 Aug.
• * Y. Zhou. T. Vo, H. Rotstein, M. McCarthy, and N. Kopell. M-Current Expands the Range of Gamma Frequency Inputs to Which a Neuronal Target Entrains. J. Math. Neurosci., 2018 Dec 5;8(1):13. doi: 10.1186/s13408-018-0068-6.
•    N. James, H. Gritton, N. Kopell N, K. Sen, and X. Han. Muscarinic receptors regulate auditory and prefrontal cortical communication during auditory processing. Neuropharmacology, 2019 Jan;144:155-171. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2018.10.027. Epub 2018 Oct 21.
• * J. Sherfey, S. Ardid, E. Miller, M. Hasselmo, and N. Kopell. Prefrontal oscillations modulate the propagation of neuronal activity required for working memory. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 2020 Sep;173:107228. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2020.107228. Epub 2020 Jun 17.