[HTML][HTML] The non-specific matrix thalamus facilitates the cortical information processing modes relevant for conscious awareness

EJ Müller, BR Munn, MJ Redinbaugh, J Lizier… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
The neurobiological mechanisms of arousal and anesthesia remain poorly understood.
Recent evidence highlights the key role of interactions between the cerebral cortex and the …

Topographic gradients of intrinsic dynamics across neocortex

G Shafiei, RD Markello, R Vos de Wael, BC Bernhardt… - elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
The intrinsic dynamics of neuronal populations are shaped by both microscale attributes and
macroscale connectome architecture. Here we comprehensively characterize the rich …

Diffuse neural coupling mediates complex network dynamics through the formation of quasi-critical brain states

EJ Müller, BR Munn, JM Shine - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
The biological mechanisms that allow the brain to balance flexibility and integration remain
poorly understood. A potential solution may lie in a unique aspect of neurobiology, which is …

Sleep modelling across physiological levels

S Postnova - Clocks & sleep, 2019 - mdpi.com
Sleep and circadian rhythms are regulated across multiple functional, spatial and temporal
levels: from genes to networks of coupled neurons and glial cells, to large scale brain …

Sleep and circadian rhythms modeling: From hypothalamic regulatory networks to cortical dynamics and behavior

S Postnova, P Sanz-Leon - Handbook of Clinical Neurology, 2025 - Elsevier
Sleep and circadian rhythms are regulated by dynamic physiologic processes that operate
across multiple spatial and temporal scales. These include, but are not limited to, genetic …

Secondary thalamic dysfunction underlies abnormal large-scale neural dynamics in chronic stroke

PR Johnston, JD Griffiths, L Rokos, AR McIntosh… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Stroke causes pronounced and widespread slowing of neural activity. Despite decades of
work exploring these abnormal neural dynamics and their associated functional …

[HTML][HTML] Method for quantifying arousal and consciousness in healthy states and severe brain injury via EEG-based measures of corticothalamic physiology

S Assadzadeh, J Annen, L Sanz, A Barra… - Journal of Neuroscience …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background: Characterization of normal arousal states has been achieved by fitting
predictions of corticothalamic neural field theory (NFT) to electroencephalographic (EEG) …

Critical dynamics of Hopf bifurcations in the corticothalamic system: Transitions from normal arousal states to epileptic seizures

DP Yang, PA Robinson - Physical review E, 2017 - APS
A physiologically based corticothalamic model of large-scale brain activity is used to analyze
critical dynamics of transitions from normal arousal states to epileptic seizures, which …

[HTML][HTML] Empirical estimation of the eigenmodes of macroscale cortical dynamics: Reconciling neural field eigenmodes and resting-state networks

JA Henderson, KM Aquino, PA Robinson - Neuroimage: Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Neural field theories successfully describe normal, awake mesoscale to macroscale brain
activity using linearized partial differential equations that involve a Laplacian operator …

[HTML][HTML] Criticality of neuronal avalanches in human sleep and their relationship with sleep macro-and micro-architecture

S Scarpetta, N Morisi, C Mutti, N Azzi, I Trippi… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Sleep plays a key role in preserving brain function, kee** brain networks in a state that
ensures optimal computation. Empirical evidence indicates that this state is consistent with …