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  • 1975 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Allen I. Selverston is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of neuroscience, encompassing both cognitive and cellular and molecular neuroscience. The scientist's work spans related subfields such as statistical and nonlinear physics and artificial intelligence.

Their research topics include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neurobiology and insect physiology research
  • Stochastic dynamics and bifurcation
  • Neural networks and applications

Selverston has contributed to recent scholarly papers, notably exploring neuronal network stability through intrinsic noise. These include:

  • "Intrinsic noise reveals the stability of a neuronal network," published in 2025 in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Intrinsic noise reveals the stability of a neuronal network," published in 2025 in SSRN Electronic Journal

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers such as Marcelo Bussotti Reyes, Ramón Huerta, Pedro V. Carelli, Reynaldo D. Pinto, and M. I. Rabinovich. This collaborative work appears consistently across their recent publications.

Selverston's research outputs have appeared in publication venues including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) and SSRN Electronic Journal. Both venues have featured their work addressing complex neuronal dynamics and related interdisciplinary topics.

Throughout their career, Allen I. Selverston was recognized as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1975. This award is part of their documented professional achievements.

Best Publications

  • Dynamical principles in neuroscience

    Mikhail I. Rabinovich;Pablo Varona;Allen I. Selverston;Henry D. I. Abarbanel

  • The stomatogastric nervous system: structure and function of a small neural network.

    Allen I. Selverston;David F. Russell;John P. Miller

  • Rapid killing of single neurons by irradiation of intracellularly injected dye.

    John P. Miller;Allen I. Selverston

  • Synchronous Behavior of Two Coupled Biological Neurons

    Robert C. Elson;Allen I. Selverston;Ramon Huerta;Ramon Huerta;Nikolai F. Rulkov

  • Organization of the stomatogastric ganglion of the spiny lobster

    Brian Mulloney;Allen I. Selverston

  • Oscillatory neural networks.

    Allen I. Selverston;Maurice Moulins

  • Mechanisms underlying pattern generation in lobster stomatogastric ganglion as determined by selective inactivation of identified neurons. II. Oscillatory properties of pyloric neurons.

    J. P. Miller;A. I. Selverston

  • Mechanisms underlying pattern generation in lobster stomatogastric ganglion as determined by selective inactivation of identified neurons. I. Pyloric system

    A. I. Selverston;J. P. Miller

  • Mechanisms underlying pattern generation in lobster stomatogastric ganglion as determined by selective inactivation of identified neurons. IV. Network properties of pyloric system.

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  • Spatio-temporal dynamics of cyclic AMP signals in an intact neural circuit

    Chris M. Hempel;Pierre Vincent;Stephen R. Adams;Roger Y. Tsien

  • Invertebrate central pattern generator circuits

    Allen I. Selverston

  • Synaptic connectivity between cricket auditory interneurons as studied by selective photoinactivation

    A. I. Selverston;Hans Ulrich Kleindienst;Franz Huber

  • Neuronal circuit mediating escape responses in crayfish.

    Robert S. Zucker;Donald Kennedy;Allen I. Selverston

  • Organization of the stomatogastric ganglion of the spiny lobster: IV. The pyloric system

    Donald M. Maynard;Allen I. Selverston

  • Synchronized action of synaptically coupled chaotic model neurons

    Henry D. I. Abarbanel;R. Huerta;M. I. Rabinovich;N. F. Rulkov

  • Histamine as a neurotransmitter in the stomatogastric nervous system of the spiny lobster

    BJ Claiborne;AI Selverston

  • Neural geometry and activation of crayfish fast flexor motoneurons.

    A I Selverston;M P Remler

  • Synchronisation in neural networks

    H.D. Abarbanel;M.I. Rabinovich;A. Selverston;M.V. Bazhenov

  • Lateral Giant Fibers of Crayfish: Location of Somata by Dye Injection

    M. Remler;A. Selverston;D. Kennedy

  • Enhancement of synchronization in a hybrid neural circuit by spike-timing dependent plasticity.

    Thomas Nowotny;Valentin P. Zhigulin;Allan I. Selverston;Henry D. I. Abarbanel

  • Immunocytochemical localization of enkephalin and substance P in retina and eyestalk neurones of lobster

    Jorge R. Mancillas;Jorge R. Mancillas;Jacqueline F. McGinty;Jacqueline F. McGinty;Allen I. Selverston;Allen I. Selverston;Harvey Karten;Harvey Karten;Harvey Karten

  • Organization of the stomatogastric ganglion of the spiny lobster: III. Coordination of the two subsets of the gastric system

    Brian Mulloney;Allen I. Selverston

Frequent Co-Authors

Tatiana G. Deliagina
Tatiana G. Deliagina Karolinska Institute
Grigori N. Orlovsky
Grigori N. Orlovsky Karolinska Institute
Gina G. Turrigiano
Gina G. Turrigiano Brandeis University
Thomas A. Cleland
Thomas A. Cleland Cornell University
Kenji Doya
Kenji Doya Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Harvey J. Karten
Harvey J. Karten University of California, San Diego
Jacqueline F. McGinty
Jacqueline F. McGinty Medical University of South Carolina
Brian Mulloney
Brian Mulloney University of California, Davis
Robert S. Zucker
Robert S. Zucker University of California, Berkeley

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