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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

John A. White is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Neuroscience and Engineering.

The main fields of study for John A. White include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Engineering

In addition, their work covers several subfields of study:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Molecular Biology

Key topics addressed in their research involve:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization
  • Optimization and Packing Problems
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

John A. White has contributed to various publication venues, with frequent articles appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Experimental Neurology
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • eLife

Recent papers authored or co-authored include:

  • Core Competencies for Undergraduates in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering: Findings, Consequences, and Recommendations (2020), Annals of Biomedical Engineering
  • Hippocampal cells segregate positive and negative engrams (2022), Communications Biology
  • Non-genetic photoacoustic stimulation of single neurons by a tapered fiber optoacoustic emitter (2021), Light Science & Applications
  • Kinetics and Connectivity Properties of Parvalbumin- and Somatostatin-Positive Inhibition in Layer 2/3 Medial Entorhinal Cortex (2022), eNeuro
  • An implantable piezoelectric ultrasound stimulator (ImPULS) for deep brain activation (2024), Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with John A. White include:

  • Fernando R. Fernandez
  • Jad Noueihed
  • Bahar Rahsepar
  • Steve Ramirez
  • Brandon Williams

John A. White received the award of Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Channel noise in neurons

    John A. White;Jay T. Rubinstein;Alan R. Kay

  • Hippocampal “Time Cells”: Time versus Path Integration

    Benjamin J. Kraus;Robert J. Robinson;John A. White;Howard Eichenbaum

  • Spontaneous action potentials due to channel fluctuations

    Carson C. Chow;John A. White

  • Synchronization and oscillatory dynamics in heterogeneous, mutually inhibited neurons.

    John A. White;Carson C. Chow;Jason Ritt;Cristina Soto-Treviño

  • Sniffing controls an adaptive filter of sensory input to the olfactory bulb

    Justus V Verhagen;Daniel W Wesson;Theoden I Netoff;John A White

  • Epilepsy in small-world networks.

    Theoden I. Netoff;Robert Clewley;Scott Arno;Tara Keck

  • Noise From Voltage-Gated Ion Channels May Influence Neuronal Dynamics in the Entorhinal Cortex

    John A. White;Ruby Klink;Angel Alonso;Alan R. Kay

  • Ion-channel noise places limits on the miniaturization of the brain's wiring.

    A. Aldo Faisal;John A. White;Simon B. Laughlin

  • Networks of interneurons with fast and slow gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) kinetics provide substrate for mixed gamma-theta rhythm.

    John A. White;Matthew I. Banks;Robert A. Pearce;Nancy J. Kopell

  • Slow and fast inhibition and an h-current interact to create a theta rhythm in a model of CA1 interneuron network

    Horacio G. Rotstein;Dmitri D. Pervouchine;Corey D. Acker;Martin J. Gillies

  • Synchronization in hybrid neuronal networks of the hippocampal formation.

    Theoden I. Netoff;Matthew I. Banks;Alan D. Dorval;Corey D. Acker

  • Phase-response curves and synchronized neural networks

    Roy M. Smeal;G. Bard Ermentrout;John A. White

  • Imaging free zinc in synaptic terminals in live hippocampal slices

    T Budde;A Minta;J.A White;A.R Kay

  • Synchronization of strongly coupled excitatory neurons: relating network behavior to biophysics.

    Corey D. Acker;Nancy Kopell;John A. White

  • Real-Time linux dynamic clamp: a fast and flexible way to construct virtual ion channels in living cells.

    Alan D. Dorval;David J. Christini;John A. White

  • Comparison of algorithms for the simulation of action potentials with stochastic sodium channels.

    Hiroyuki Mino;Jay T. Rubinstein;John A. White

  • Channel noise is essential for perithreshold oscillations in entorhinal stellate neurons.

    Alan D. Dorval;John A. White

  • Interactions between Distinct GABAA Circuits in Hippocampus

    Matthew I Banks;John A White;Robert A Pearce

  • Frequency selectivity of layer II stellate cells in the medial entorhinal cortex.

    Julie S. Haas;John A. White

  • The dynamic structure underlying subthreshold oscillatory activity and the onset of spikes in a model of medial entorhinal cortex stellate cells.

    Horacio G. Rotstein;Tim Oppermann;John A. White;Nancy Kopell

Frequent Co-Authors

Theoden I. Netoff
Theoden I. Netoff University of Minnesota
Nancy Kopell
Nancy Kopell Boston University
Karen S. Wilcox
Karen S. Wilcox University of Utah
Matt Wachowiak
Matt Wachowiak University of Utah
Mario R. Capecchi
Mario R. Capecchi University of Utah
Carmen C. Canavier
Carmen C. Canavier Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
Thomas Budde
Thomas Budde University of Münster
Howard Eichenbaum
Howard Eichenbaum Boston University
Robert A. Pearce
Robert A. Pearce University of Wisconsin–Madison
Daniel W. Wesson
Daniel W. Wesson University of Florida

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