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David Golomb is affiliated with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. They have conducted research primarily in the field of Neuroscience, with notable contributions spanning Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Biomedical Engineering, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's research covers various specialized topics, including:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies

David Golomb has coauthored several papers with recurring collaborators, such as:

  • David Kleinfeld
  • Fan Wang
  • Jun Takatoh
  • Vincent Prevosto
  • Mingchen Yao

The scientist has published work in multiple prominent venues including Nature, Current Opinion in Neurobiology, Neuron, Cell Reports, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Selected recent publications include:

  • "The whisking oscillator circuit", 2022, Nature
  • "Low- and high-level coordination of orofacial motor actions", 2023, Current Opinion in Neurobiology
  • "Theory of hierarchically organized neuronal oscillator dynamics that mediate rodent rhythmic whisking", 2022, Neuron
  • "The spinal premotor network driving scratching flexor and extensor alternation", 2025, Cell Reports
  • "The spinal premotor network driving scratching flexor and extensor alternation", 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Propagating Neuronal Discharges in Neocortical Slices: Computational and Experimental Study

    David Golomb;Yael Amitai

  • Cooperative dynamics in visual processing.

    H. Sompolinsky;H. Sompolinsky;D. Golomb;D. Golomb;D. Kleinfeld

  • The Spatial Dimensions of Electrically Coupled Networks of Interneurons in the Neocortex

    Yael Amitai;Yael Amitai;Jay R. Gibson;Michael Beierlein;Saundra L. Patrick

  • Clustering in globally coupled inhibitory neurons

    David Golomb;John Rinzel

  • Global processing of visual stimuli in a neural network of coupled oscillators.

    H Sompolinsky;D Golomb;D Kleinfeld

  • Synchronization properties of spindle oscillations in a thalamic reticular nucleus model

    D. Golomb;Xiao-Jing Wang;J. Rinzel

  • Dynamics of globally coupled inhibitory neurons with heterogeneity

    David Golomb;John Rinzel

  • Propagation of spindle waves in a thalamic slice model

    David Golomb;Xiao Jing Wang;John Rinzel

  • The Number of Synaptic Inputs and the Synchrony of Large, Sparse Neuronal Networks

    D. Golomb;D. Hansel

  • Electrical Synapses and Synchrony: The Role of Intrinsic Currents

    Benjamin Pfeuty;Germán Mato;David Golomb;David Hansel

  • Contribution of persistent Na+ current and M-type K+ current to somatic bursting in CA1 pyramidal cells: combined experimental and modeling study.

    David Golomb;Cuiyong Yue;Yoel Yaari

  • Emergent spindle oscillations and intermittent burst firing in a thalamic model: specific neuronal mechanisms.

    X J Wang;D Golomb;J Rinzel

  • Mechanisms of firing patterns in fast-spiking cortical interneurons.

    David Golomb;Karnit Donner;Liron Shacham;Dan Shlosberg

  • Muscle architecture in the mystacial pad of the rat.

    Sebastian Haidarliu;Erez Simony;David Golomb;Ehud Ahissar

  • The Combined Effects of Inhibitory and Electrical Synapses in Synchrony

    Benjamin Pfeuty;Germán Mato;David Golomb;David Hansel

  • Continuous and lurching traveling pulses in neuronal networks with delay and spatially decaying connectivity

    David Golomb;G. Bard Ermentrout

  • Willshaw model: Associative memory with sparse coding and low firing rates

    D. Golomb;N. Rubin;H. Sompolinsky

  • How well can we estimate the information carried in neuronal responses from limited samples

    David Golomb;John Hertz;Stefano Panzeri;Alessandro Treves

  • Bistability in Pulse Propagation in Networks of Excitatory and Inhibitory Populations

    David Golomb;G. Bard Ermentrout

  • Tapered whiskers are required for active tactile sensation

    Samuel Andrew Hires;Lorenz Pammer;Lorenz Pammer;Karel Svoboda;David Golomb;David Golomb

  • Models of neuronal transient synchrony during propagation of activity through neocortical circuitry.

    David Golomb

  • Neuronal synchrony measures

    David Golomb

Frequent Co-Authors

John Rinzel
John Rinzel New York University
Ehud Ahissar
Ehud Ahissar Weizmann Institute of Science
Xiao-Jing Wang
Xiao-Jing Wang New York University
David Kleinfeld
David Kleinfeld University of California, San Diego
Karel Svoboda
Karel Svoboda Allen Institute
Edi Barkai
Edi Barkai University of Haifa
Alessandro Treves
Alessandro Treves International School for Advanced Studies
Barry W. Connors
Barry W. Connors Brown University
Stefano Panzeri
Stefano Panzeri University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Michael Brecht
Michael Brecht Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

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