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Leonard Maler
University of Ottawa, Canada

Faculty Member: NEUROSCIENCE > Behavioural neuroscience [ since 7 October 2002 ]
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Sponsorship

Leonard Maler sponsors free access to F1000 for Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Montevideo, Uruguay. Supporting F1000's initiative to make itself available to scientists in all countries, including free access to developing countries (more details).

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Evaluations

Population coding by electrosensory neurons.
Chacron MJ, Bastian J
J Neurophysiol 2008 Apr 99(4):1825-35 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 30 Apr 2008

Measuring flow velocity and flow direction by spatial and temporal analysis of flow fluctuations.
Chagnaud BP, Brücker C, Hofmann MH, Bleckmann H
J Neurosci 2008 Apr 23 28(17):4479-87 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 29 Apr 2008

Rapid neural coding in the retina with relative spike latencies.
Gollisch T, Meister M
Science 2008 Feb 22 319(5866):1108-11 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler / Bruce Cumming
Evaluated 3 Mar 2008

Precise auditory-vocal mirroring in neurons for learned vocal communication.
Prather JF, Peters S, Nowicki S, Mooney R
Nature 2008 Jan 17 451(7176):305-10 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Kent Berridge / Leonard Maler
Evaluated 18 Feb 2008

Transformations of electrosensory encoding associated with an adaptive filter.
Sawtell NB, Williams A
J Neurosci 2008 Feb 13 28(7):1598-612 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 18 Feb 2008

Omnidirectional sensory and motor volumes in electric fish.
Snyder JB, Nelson ME, Burdick JW, Maciver MA
PLoS Biol 2007 Nov 5(11):e301 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 18 Feb 2008

Small circuits for large tasks: high-speed decision-making in archerfish.
Schlegel T, Schuster S
Science 2008 Jan 4 319(5859):104-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Yadin Dudai / Leonard Maler
Evaluated 17 Jan 2008

Synchronized firing among retinal ganglion cells signals motion reversal.
Schwartz G, Taylor S, …, Harris R, Berry MJ
Neuron 2007 Sep 20 55(6):958-69 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 12 Nov 2007

Distance, shape and more: recognition of object features during active electrolocation in a weakly electric fish.
von der Emde G, Fetz S
J Exp Biol 2007 Sep 210(Pt 17):3082-95 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 12 Nov 2007

Correlation between neural spike trains increases with firing rate.
de la Rocha J, Doiron B, …, Josić K, Reyes A
Nature 2007 Aug 16 448(7155):802-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler / Kent Berridge
Evaluated 21 Aug 2007

Hebbian STDP in mushroom bodies facilitates the synchronous flow of olfactory information in locusts.
Cassenaer S, Laurent G
Nature 2007 Aug 9 448(7154):709-13 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 18 Jul 2007

Topological Reorganization of Odor Representations in the Olfactory Bulb.
Yaksi E, Judkewitz B, Friedrich RW
PLoS Biol 2007 Jul 3 5(7):e178 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 18 Jul 2007

Neural mechanisms of visual attention: how top-down feedback highlights relevant locations.
Saalmann YB, Pigarev IN, Vidyasagar TR
Science 2007 Jun 15 316(5831):1612-5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 25 Jun 2007

Modulation of neuronal interactions through neuronal synchronization.
Womelsdorf T, Schoffelen JM, …, Engel AK, Fries P
Science 2007 Jun 15 316(5831):1609-12 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 25 Jun 2007

Rapid learning in cortical coding of visual scenes.
Yao H, Shi L, …, Gao H, Dan Y
Nat Neurosci 2007 Jun 10(6):772-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler / Matteo Carandini
Evaluated 14 Jun 2007

Corticothalamic feedback enhances stimulus response precision in the visual system.
Andolina IM, Jones HE, Wang W, Sillito AM
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 Jan 30 104(5):1685-90 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 17 Apr 2007

Preferential incorporation of adult-generated granule cells into spatial memory networks in the dentate gyrus.
Kee N, Teixeira CM, Wang AH, Frankland PW
Nat Neurosci 2007 Mar 10(3):355-62 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Robert Sapolsky / Michael Ehlers / Leonard Maler
Evaluated 16 Apr 2007

The critical role of locomotion mechanics in decoding sensory systems.
Cowan NJ, Fortune ES
J Neurosci 2007 Jan 31 27(5):1123-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | William Kristan / Leonard Maler
Evaluated 9 Feb 2007

Neural variability, detection thresholds, and information transmission in the vestibular system.
Sadeghi SG, Chacron MJ, Taylor MC, Cullen KE
J Neurosci 2007 Jan 24 27(4):771-81 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Leonard Maler / Dora Angelaki
Evaluated 1 Feb 2007

Emotional enhancement of memory via amygdala-driven facilitation of rhinal interactions.
Paz R, Pelletier JG, Bauer EP, Paré D
Nat Neurosci 9(10):1321-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 22 Nov 2006

Functional alignment of feedback effects from visual cortex to thalamus.
Wang W, Jones HE, …, Salt TE, Sillito AM
Nat Neurosci 2006 Oct 9(10):1330-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Kathleen Rockland / Leonard Maler
Evaluated 22 Nov 2006

Global electrosensory oscillations enhance directional responses of midbrain neurons in eigenmannia.
Ramcharitar JU, Tan EW, Fortune ES
J Neurophysiol 2006 Nov 96(5):2319-26 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 16 Nov 2006

Nonlinear interaction between shunting and adaptation controls a switch between integration and coincidence detection in pyramidal neurons.
Prescott SA, Ratté S, De Koninck Y, Sejnowski TJ
J Neurosci 2006 Sep 6 26(36):9084-97 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 26 Sep 2006

Reconstruction of firing rate changes across neuronal populations by temporally deconvolved Ca2+ imaging.
Yaksi E, Friedrich RW
Nat Methods 2006 May 3(5):377-83 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 2 Aug 2006

Neuronal oscillations enhance stimulus discrimination by ensuring action potential precision.
Schaefer AT, Angelo K, Spors H, Margrie TW
PLoS Biol 2006 Jun 4(6):e163 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 26 Jun 2006

BDNF is expressed in skeletal muscle satellite cells and inhibits myogenic differentiation.
Mousavi K, Jasmin BJ
J Neurosci 2006 May 24 26(21):5739-49 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 8 Jun 2006

Spatiotemporal specificity of neuronal activity directs the modification of receptive fields in the developing retinotectal system.
Vislay-Meltzer RL, Kampff AR, Engert F
Neuron 2006 Apr 6 50(1):101-14 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 5 Jun 2006

Neural basis for stereopsis from second-order contrast cues.
Tanaka H, Ohzawa I
J Neurosci 2006 Apr 19 26(16):4370-82 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 5 Jun 2006

Light-induced changes in spike synchronization between coupled ON direction selective ganglion cells in the mammalian retina.
Ackert JM, Wu SH, …, Perlman I, Bloomfield SA
J Neurosci 2006 Apr 19 26(16):4206-15 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 5 Jun 2006

Heterogeneity in the pyramidal network of the medial prefrontal cortex.
Wang Y, Markram H, …, Ma J, Goldman-Rakic PS
Nat Neurosci 2006 Apr 9(4):534-42 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 29 Mar 2006

Stimulus-dependent auditory tuning results in synchronous population coding of vocalizations in the songbird midbrain.
Woolley SM, Gill PR, Theunissen FE
J Neurosci 2006 Mar 1 26(9):2499-512 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 8 Mar 2006

Distinct roles for Ras-guanine nucleotide-releasing factor 1 (Ras-GRF1) and Ras-GRF2 in the induction of long-term potentiation and long-term depression.
Li S, Tian X, Hartley DM, Feig LA
J Neurosci 2006 Feb 8 26(6):1721-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Karl-Peter Giese / Leonard Maler
Evaluated 7 Mar 2006

Efficient auditory coding.
Smith EC, Lewicki MS
Nature 2006 Feb 23 439(7079):978-82 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler / Misha Tsodyks / Andrew King
Evaluated 2 Mar 2006

Adaptive filtering enhances information transmission in visual cortex.
Sharpee TO, Sugihara H, …, Stryker MP, Miller KD
Nature 2006 Feb 23 439(7079):936-42 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 2 Mar 2006

A "sample-and-hold" pulse-counting integrator as a mechanism for graded memory underlying sensorimotor adaptation.
Oestreich J, Dembrow NC, George AA, Zakon HH
Neuron 2006 Feb 16 49(4):577-88 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 28 Feb 2006

Neural responses of goldfish lateral line afferents to vortex motions.
Chagnaud BP, Bleckmann H, Engelmann J
J Exp Biol 2006 Jan 209(Pt 2):327-42 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 14 Feb 2006

Gamma-band synchronization in visual cortex predicts speed of change detection.
Womelsdorf T, Fries P, Mitra PP, Desimone R
Nature 2006 Feb 9 439(7077):733-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Wolf Singer / Maurizio Corbetta / Leonard Maler / Jose-Manuel Alonso
Evaluated 14 Feb 2006

Steering by hearing: a bat's acoustic gaze is linked to its flight motor output by a delayed, adaptive linear law.
Ghose K, Moss CF
J Neurosci 2006 Feb 8 26(6):1704-10 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 14 Feb 2006

Internal dynamics determine the cortical response to thalamic stimulation.
MacLean JN, Watson BO, Aaron GB, Yuste R
Neuron 2005 Dec 8 48(5):811-23 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 4 Jan 2006

Columnar projections from the cholinergic nucleus isthmi to the optic tectum in chicks (Gallus gallus): a possible substrate for synchronizing tectal channels.
Wang Y, Luksch H, Brecha NC, Karten HJ
J Comp Neurol 2006 Jan 1 494(1):7-35 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 23 Dec 2005

NMDA receptor subunit composition controls synaptic plasticity by regulating binding to CaMKII.
Barria A, Malinow R
Neuron 2005 Oct 20 48(2):289-301 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | John Lisman / Michael Ehlers / Leonard Maler
Evaluated 8 Dec 2005

Encoding a temporally structured stimulus with a temporally structured neural representation.
Brown SL, Joseph J, Stopfer M
Nat Neurosci 2005 Nov 8(11):1568-76 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 8 Dec 2005

Transient dynamics versus fixed points in odor representations by locust antennal lobe projection neurons.
Mazor O, Laurent G
Neuron 2005 Nov 23 48(4):661-73 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 7 Dec 2005

Acoustic environment determines phosphorylation state of the Kv3.1 potassium channel in auditory neurons.
Song P, Yang Y, …, Oliver DL, Kaczmarek LK
Nat Neurosci 2005 Oct 8(10):1335-42 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 24 Oct 2005

Synergy, redundancy, and independence in population codes, revisited.
Latham PE, Nirenberg S
J Neurosci 2005 May 25 25(21):5195-206 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 18 Oct 2005

Regulation of ubiquitin ligase dynamics by the nucleolus.
Mekhail K, Khacho M, …, Gunaratnam L, Lee S
J Cell Biol 2005 Aug 29 170(5):733-44 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 22 Sep 2005

Inhibitory postsynaptic potentials carry synchronized frequency information in active cortical networks.
Hasenstaub A, Shu Y, …, Duque A, McCormick DA
Neuron 2005 Aug 4 47(3):423-35 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler / John Reynolds
Evaluated 21 Sep 2005

Dynamic predictive coding by the retina.
Hosoya T, Baccus SA, Meister M
Nature 2005 Jul 7 436(7047):71-7 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler / Mayank Mehta
Evaluated 18 Aug 2005

Decreases in CaMKII activity trigger persistent potentiation of intrinsic excitability in spontaneously firing vestibular nucleus neurons.
Nelson AB, Gittis AH, du Lac S
Neuron 2005 May 19 46(4):623-31 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler / Mark Mayford
Evaluated 1 Jun 2005

Neural correlates of reaching decisions in dorsal premotor cortex: specification of multiple direction choices and final selection of action.
Cisek P, Kalaska JF
Neuron 2005 Mar 3 45(5):801-14 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler / Susan Courtney
Evaluated 21 Apr 2005

Unitary IPSPs drive precise thalamic spiking in a circuit required for learning.
Person AL, Perkel DJ
Neuron 2005 Apr 7 46(1):129-40 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 14 Apr 2005

Random change in cortical load representation suggests distinct control of posture and movement.
Kurtzer I, Herter TM, Scott SH
Nat Neurosci 2005 Apr 8(4):498-504 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Kathleen Cullen / Leonard Maler
Evaluated 11 Apr 2005

Animal-to-animal variability in motor pattern production in adults and during growth.
Bucher D, Prinz AA, Marder E
J Neurosci 2005 Feb 16 25(7):1611-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 1 Mar 2005

Bistability of cerebellar Purkinje cells modulated by sensory stimulation.
Loewenstein Y, Mahon S, …, Yarom Y, Häusser M
Nat Neurosci 2005 Feb 8(2):202-11 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 1 Mar 2005

High-threshold K+ current increases gain by offsetting a frequency-dependent increase in low-threshold K+ current.
Fernandez FR, Mehaffey WH, Molineux ML, Turner RW
J Neurosci 2005 Jan 12 25(2):363-71 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 26 Jan 2005

Encoding of natural scene movies by tonic and burst spikes in the lateral geniculate nucleus.
Lesica NA, Stanley GB
J Neurosci 2004 Nov 24 24(47):10731-40 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Leonard Maler / S. Murray Sherman / Pamela Reinagel
Evaluated 1 Dec 2004

Threshold firing frequency-current relationships of neurons in rat somatosensory cortex: type 1 and type 2 dynamics.
Tateno T, Harsch A, Robinson HP
J Neurophysiol 2004 Oct 92(4):2283-94 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 26 Nov 2004

Small modulation of ongoing cortical dynamics by sensory input during natural vision.
Fiser J, Chiu C, Weliky M
Nature 2004 Sep 30 431(7008):573-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler / Rafael Malach / Elad Schneidman
Evaluated 6 Oct 2004

Nonlinear response properties of combination-sensitive electrosensory neurons in the midbrain of Gymnarchus niloticus.
Carlson BA, Kawasaki M
J Neurosci 2004 Sep 15 24(37):8039-48 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 6 Oct 2004

Multiplexing using synchrony in the zebrafish olfactory bulb.
Friedrich RW, Habermann CJ, Laurent G
Nat Neurosci 2004 Aug 7(8):862-71 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 8 Sep 2004

Dynamics of population rate codes in ensembles of neocortical neurons.
Silberberg G, Bethge M, …, Pawelzik K, Tsodyks M
J Neurophysiol 2004 Feb 91(2):704-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Alain Destexhe / Leonard Maler
Evaluated 7 Sep 2004

Neurons compute internal models of the physical laws of motion.
Angelaki DE, Shaikh AG, Green AM, Dickman JD
Nature 2004 Jul 29 430(6999):560-4 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 6 Aug 2004

Enhancement of information transmission efficiency by synaptic failures.
Goldman MS
Neural Comput 2004 Jun 16(6):1137-62 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Leonard Maler
Evaluated 6 Aug 2004

Layer-specific somatosensory cortical activation during active tactile discrimination.
Krupa DJ, Wiest MC, …, Laubach M, Nicolelis MA
Science 2004 Jun 25 304(5679):1989-92 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Vivien Casagrande / Kathleen Cullen / Leonard Maler
Evaluated 28 Jul 2004

Nonlinear population codes.
Shamir M, Sompolinsky H
Neural Comput 2004 Jun 16(6):1105-36 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles]