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Publications

2005

Yu-Dong Zhou, Corey D. Acker, Theoden I. Netoff, Kamal Sen, and John A. White (2005) Increasing Ca2+ transients by broadening postsynaptic action potentials enhances timing-dependent synaptic depression. PNAS 102(52), 19121 - 19125 [pdf]

Jacob W. Scarpaci, John A. White, H. Steven Colburn (2005) A System for Real-Time Virtual Auditory Space. Proceedings of ICAD 05-Eleventh Meeting of the International Conference on Auditory Display, Limerick, Ireland[pdf]

A. Aldo Faisal, John A. White, and Simon B. Laughlin (2005) Ion-Channel Noise Places Limits on the Miniaturization of the Brain's Wiring. Current Biology, Vol. 15, 1143 - 1149[pdf]

Alan D. Dorval Jr and John A. White (2005) Channel Noise is Essential for Perithreshold Oscillations in Entorhinal Stellate Neurons. The Journal of Neuroscience, October 26, 25(43):10025 - 10028[pdf]

Vasant K. Dasika, John A. White, Laurel H. Carney, and H. Steven Colburn (2005) Effects of Inhibitory Feedback in a Network Model of Avian Brain Stem. J Neurophysiol 94: 400 - 414, 2005. [pdf]

Netoff TI, Acker CD, Bettencourt JC, White JA (2005) Beyond Two-Cell Networks: Experimental Measurement of Neuronal Responses to Multiple Synaptic Inputs. Journal of Computational Neuroscience 18: 287-295. [pdf]

2004

Theoden I. Netoff, Matthew I. Banks, Alan D. Dorval, Corey D. Acker, Julie S. Haas, Nancy Kopell, and John A. White (2004) Synchronization in Hybrid Neuronal Networks of the Hippocampal Formation. J Neurophysiol 93: 1197 - 1208 [pdf]

Netoff TI, Clewley R, Arno S, Keck T, and White JA (2004) Epilepsy in Small-World Networks. J Neurosci. 2004 Sept 15;24(37):8075-83. [abstract] [pdf]

Earlier Publications

Bursac N, Papadaki M, White JA, Eisenberg RS,Vunjak-Novakovic G, and Freed LE (2003) Cultivation in rotating bioreactors promotes maintenance of cardiac myocyte electrophysiology and molecular properties. Tissue Engineering 9: 1243-1253. [abstract] [pdf]

Acker CD, Kopell N, and White JA (2003) Synchronization of strongly coupled excitatory neurons: Relating network behavior to biophysics. Journal of Computational Neuroscience 15: 71-90. [abstract] [pdf]

Mino H, Rubinstein JT, and White JA (2002) Comparison of algorithms for the simulation of action potentials with stochastic sodium channels. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 30: 578-587. [abstract] [pdf]

Haas JS and White JA (2002) Frequency selectivity of layer II stellate cells in the medial entorhinal cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology 88: 2422-2429. [abstract] [pdf]

Dorval AD, Christini DJ and White JA (2001) Real-time linux dynamic clamp: A fast and flexible way to construct virtual ion channels in living cells. Ann. Biomed. Eng. 29:  897-907. [abstract]  [pdf]

White JA (2001) Action Potential. In Encyclopedia of the Human Brain. V.S. Ramachandram (Ed.), Academic Press, San Diego, in press. [pdf]

White JA, Banks MI, Pearce, RA, and Kopell N (2000) Networks of interneurons with fast and slow GABAA kinetics provide substrate for mixed gamma-theta rhythm. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97: 9128-8133. [abstract] [full text] [pdf]

White JA and Haas JS (2000) Noise from voltage-gated ion channels: effects on dynamics and reliability in intrinsically oscillatory neurons. In Handbook of Biological Physics. F Moss and S Gielen (Eds.), Elsevier Press, in press. [pdf]

Banks MI, White JA, and Pearce RA (2000) Interactions between distinct GABA(A) circuits in hippocampus. Neuron 25: 449-457. [abstract] [pdf]

White JA, Rubinstein JT, and Kay AR (2000) Channel noise in neurons. Trends in Neurosciences 23: 131-137. [abstract] [pdf]

Lowen, SB, Liebovitch, L, and White JA (1999) Fractal ion-channel behavior generates fractal firing patterns in neuronal models. Physical Review E 59: 5970-5980. [abstract] [pdf] [gzipped]

Cameron DA, Vafai, H, and White JA (1999) Analysis of dendritic arbors of native and regenerated ganglion cells in the goldfish retina. Visual Neuroscience 16: 253-262. [abstract]

Chow CC, White JA, Ritt J, and Kopell N (1998) Frequency control in heterogeneous inhibitory networks. Journal of Computational Neuroscience 5: 407-420. [abstract]

White JA, Klink R, Alonso A, and Kay AR (1998) Noise from voltage-gated ion channels may influence neuronal dynamics in the entorhinal cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology 80: 262-269. [abstract] [full text] [pdf]

Budde T and White JA (1998) The voltage-dependent conductances of neocortical layer I neurons. European Journal of Neuroscience 10: 2309-2321. [abstract]

White JA, Chow CC, Ritt J, Soto-Treviño C, and Kopell N (1998) Synchronization and oscillatory dynamics in heterogeneous, mutually inhibited neurons. Journal of Computational Neuroscience 5: 5-16. [abstract]

Budde T, Minta A, White JA, and Kay AR (1997) Imaging free zinc in synaptic terminals in live hippocampal slices. Neuroscience 79: 347-358. [abstract] [pdf]

Manis PB, Marx SO, and White JA (1996) Integrative mechanisms of ventral cochlear nucleus stellate cells: Membrane conductances and electrotonic structure. In: Advances in Speech, Hearing and Language Processing. Vol. 3: Cochlear Nucleus: Structure and Function in Relation to Modeling. WA Ainsworth, EF Evans, and CM Hackney (Eds.), JAI Press, London, pp. 213-229.

Chow CC and White JA (1996) Spontaneous action potentials due to channel fluctuations. Biophysical Journal 71: 3013-3021. [abstract]

White JA, Budde T, and Kay AR (1995) A bifurcation analysis of neural subthreshold oscillations. Biophysical Journal 69: 1203-1217. [abstract] [pdf]

White JA, Sekar NS, and Kay AR (1995) Errors in persistent Na+ currents generated by space-clamp errors: A modeling study. Journal of Neurophysiology 73: 2369-2377. [abstract]

White JA, Young ED, and Manis PB (1994) The electrotonic structure of regular-spiking neurons in the ventral cochlear nucleus may determine their response properties. Journal of Neurophysiology 71: 1774-1786. [abstract]

White JA, Baxter DA, and Byrne JH (1994) Analysis of the modulation by serotonin of a voltage-dependent potassium current in sensory neurons of Aplysia. Biophysical Journal 66: 710-718. [abstract]

Budde T, White JA, and Kay AR (1994) The hyperpolarization-activated Na+-K+ current (Ih) in neocortical neurons is blocked by external proteolysis and internal TEA. Journal of Neurophysiology 72: 2737-2742. [abstract]

White JA, Ziv I, Cleary LJ, Baxter DA, and Byrne JH (1993) The role of interneurons in controlling the tail-withdrawal reflex in Aplysia: A network model. Journal of Neurophysiology 70: 1777-1786. [abstract]

White JA, Alonso A, and Kay AR (1993) A heart-like Na+ current in the medial entorhinal cortex. Neuron 11: 1037-1047. [abstract]

White JA, Manis PB, and Young ED (1992) The parameter identification problem for the somatic shunt model. Biological Cybernetics 66: 301-318. [abstract]

Young ED, Shofner WP, White JA, Robert J-M, and Voigt HF (1988) Response properties of cochlear nucleus neurons in relationship to physiological mechanisms. In: Auditory Function: Neurobiological Bases of Hearing. GM Edelman, WE Gall, and WM Cowan (Eds.), Wiley, New York, pp. 277-312.