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Henrik Jörntell

Henrik Jörntell

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Neuroscience

D-Index
38
Citations
6828
World Ranking
8512
National Ranking
164

Overview

Henrik Jörntell is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and focuses primarily on the field of Neuroscience. Their work encompasses several subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The main research topics in Henrik Jörntell's work include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
  • Robotic Locomotion and Control
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Stochastic dynamics and bifurcation

Henrik Jörntell has contributed extensively to academic literature with a total of 76 publications in Neuroscience. Their recent papers illustrate ongoing research activity around tactile input processing and neuronal encoding:

  • Multi-structure Cortical States Deduced From Intracellular Representations of Fixed Tactile Input Patterns (2021), Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • Remote cortical perturbation dynamically changes the network solutions to given tactile inputs in neocortical neurons (2021), iScience
  • Widespread Decoding of Tactile Input Patterns Among Thalamic Neurons (2021), Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
  • Channel current fluctuations conclusively explain neuronal encoding of internal potential into spike trains (2021), Physical Review E
  • A model for self-organization of sensorimotor function: the spinal monosynaptic loop (2022), Journal of Neurophysiology

Frequent coauthors in Henrik Jörntell's research include:

  • Jonas M. D. Enander
  • Udaya Bhaskar Rongala
  • Matthias Köhler
  • Fredrik Bengtsson
  • Gerald E. Loeb

Their publications have appeared in diverse venues, with higher frequency in some key journals and repositories, showing a dissemination pattern across multiple prominent platforms. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 17 publications
  • iScience with 4 publications
  • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience with 2 publications
  • Journal of Neurophysiology with 2 publications
  • arXiv (Cornell University) with 2 publications

Best Publications

  • Consensus Paper: Towards a Systems-Level View of Cerebellar Function: the Interplay Between Cerebellum, Basal Ganglia, and Cortex.

    Daniele Caligiore;Giovanni Pezzulo;Gianluca Baldassarre;Andreea C. Bostan

  • The cerebellar microcircuit as an adaptive filter: experimental and computational evidence

    Paul Dean;John Porrill;Carl‑Fredrik Ekerot;Henrik Jörntell

  • Synaptic Memories Upside Down: Bidirectional Plasticity at Cerebellar Parallel Fiber-Purkinje Cell Synapses

    Henrik Jörntell;Christian Hansel

  • Properties of Somatosensory Synaptic Integration in Cerebellar Granule Cells In Vivo

    Henrik Jörntell;Carl-Fredrik Ekerot

  • Reciprocal Bidirectional Plasticity of Parallel Fiber Receptive Fields in Cerebellar Purkinje Cells and Their Afferent Interneurons

    Henrik Jörntell;Carl-Fredrik Ekerot

  • Hand synergies: Integration of robotics and neuroscience for understanding the control of biological and artificial hands

    Marco Santello;Matteo Bianchi;Marco Gabiccini;Emiliano Ricciardi

  • Neural bases of hand synergies

    Marco Santello;Gabriel Baud-Bovy;Gabriel Baud-Bovy;Henrik Jörntell

  • Large-Area Soft e-Skin: The Challenges Beyond Sensor Designs

    Ravinder Dahiya;Nivasan Yogeswaran;Fengyuan Liu;Libu Manjakkal

  • Implant size and fixation mode strongly influence tissue reactions in the CNS.

    Jonas Thelin;Henrik Jörntell;Elia Psouni;Elia Psouni;Martin Garwicz

  • Cerebellar Modules and Their Role as Operational Cerebellar Processing Units

    Richard Apps;Richard Hawkes;Sho Aoki;Sho Aoki;Fredrik Bengtsson

  • Receptive Field Plasticity Profoundly Alters the Cutaneous Parallel Fiber Synaptic Input to Cerebellar Interneurons In Vivo

    Henrik Jörntell;Carl-Fredrik Ekerot

  • Parallel fibre receptive fields of Purkinje cells and interneurons are climbing fibre-specific.

    Carl‐Fredrik Ekerot;Henrik Jörntell

  • Intrinsic Plasticity Complements Long-Term Potentiation in Parallel Fiber Input Gain Control in Cerebellar Purkinje Cells

    Amor Belmeguenai;Eric Hosy;Fredrik Bengtsson;Christine M. Pedroarena

  • Cerebellar molecular layer interneurons – computational properties and roles in learning

    Henrik Jörntell;Fredrik Bengtsson;Martijn Schonewille;Chris I. De Zeeuw;Chris I. De Zeeuw

  • Segregation of Tactile Input Features in Neurons of the Cuneate Nucleus

    Henrik Jörntell;Fredrik Bengtsson;Pontus Geborek;Anton Spanne

  • Sensory transmission in cerebellar granule cells relies on similarly coded mossy fiber inputs

    Fredrik Bengtsson;Henrik Jörntell

  • Cutaneous receptive fields and topography of mossy fibres and climbing fibres projecting to cat cerebellar C3 zone

    Martin Garwicz;Henrik Jörntell;Carl-Fredrik Ekerot

  • In Vivo Analysis of Inhibitory Synaptic Inputs and Rebounds in Deep Cerebellar Nuclear Neurons

    Fredrik Bengtsson;Carl-Fredrik Ekerot;Henrik Jörntell

  • Questioning the role of sparse coding in the brain.

    Anton Spanne;Henrik Jörntell

  • Human hand modelling: kinematics, dynamics, applications

    Agneta Gustus;Georg Stillfried;Judith Visser;Henrik Jörntell

  • The Roles of the Olivocerebellar Pathway in Motor Learning and Motor Control. A consensus paper

    Eric J Lang;Richard Apps;Fredrik Bengtsson;Nadia L Cerminara

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl-Fredrik Ekerot
Carl-Fredrik Ekerot Lund University
Jens Schouenborg
Jens Schouenborg Lund University
Chris I. De Zeeuw
Chris I. De Zeeuw Erasmus University Rotterdam
Silvestro Micera
Silvestro Micera Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Alin Albu-Schaffer
Alin Albu-Schaffer German Aerospace Center
Roy V. Sillitoe
Roy V. Sillitoe Baylor College of Medicine
Lars Montelius
Lars Montelius Lund University
Rolf Johansson
Rolf Johansson Lund University
Lars Samuelson
Lars Samuelson Lund University
Egidio D'Angelo
Egidio D'Angelo University of Pavia

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