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Jose Luis Perez Velazquez

Jose Luis Perez Velazquez

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Neuroscience

D-Index
45
Citations
6893
World Ranking
6967
National Ranking
409

Overview

Jose Luis Perez Velazquez is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on Cognitive Neuroscience and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics as key subfields. They have also contributed to areas such as Plant Science, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Physiology.

Their work addresses a wide range of topics including neural dynamics and brain function, advanced thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, plant and biological electrophysiology studies, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, functional brain connectivity, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, as well as biofield effects and biophysics.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Diego M. Mateos, Ramón Guevara Erra, Ramón Guevara, and Richard Wennberg.

The scientist has published extensively, with notable papers such as:

  • Why can't researchers agree about consciousness? Because it's all in the mind (2024, Nature)
  • On the emergence of cognition: from catalytic closure to neuroglial closure (2020, Journal of Biological Physics)
  • Is the tendency to maximise energy distribution an optimal collective activity for biological purposes? A proposal for a global principle of biological organization (2023, Heliyon)
  • Unifying biophysical consciousness theories with MaxCon: maximizing configurations of brain connectivity (2024, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience)
  • Is the Tendency to Maximise Energy Distribution an Optimal Collective Activity for Biological Purposes? A Proposal for a Global Principle of Biological Organization (2023, Preprints.org)

Frequent publication venues for their work include Preprints.org, Nature, Journal of Biological Physics, Heliyon, and Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience.

Best Publications

  • Gap junctions, synchrony and seizures

    José Luis Perez Velazquez;Peter L Carlen

  • Reduced cortical synaptic plasticity and GluR1 expression associated with fragile X mental retardation protein deficiency.

    Jianxue Li;Marc R. Pelletier;Jose-Luis Perez Velazquez;Peter L. Carlen

  • Ischemia-induced brain damage depends on specific gap-junctional coupling.

    Marina V Frantseva;Larisa Kokarovtseva;Jose L Perez Velazquez

  • Specific Gap Junctions Enhance the Neuronal Vulnerability to Brain Traumatic Injury

    Marina V. Frantseva;Larisa Kokarovtseva;Christian G. Naus;Peter L. Carlen

  • Oxidative stress is involved in seizure-induced neurodegeneration in the kindling model of epilepsy

    M.V Frantseva;J.L Perez Velazquez;J.L Perez Velazquez;G Tsoraklidis;A.J Mendonca

  • Phase synchronization measurements using electroencephalographic recordings: what can we really say about neuronal synchrony?

    Ramón Guevara;José Luis Pérez Velazquez;Vera Nenadovic;Richard Wennberg

  • Enhanced Synchrony in Epileptiform Activity? Local versus Distant Phase Synchronization in Generalized Seizures

    Luis Garcia Dominguez;Richard A. Wennberg;William Gaetz;Douglas Cheyne

  • The role of gap junctions in seizures.

    Peter L Carlen;Frances Skinner;Liang Zhang;Christian Naus

  • Free radical production correlates with cell death in an in vitro model of epilepsy.

    Marina V. Frantseva;Jose L. Perez Velazquez;Paul A. Hwang;Peter L. Carlen

  • In Vitro Ischemia Promotes Glutamate-Mediated Free Radical Generation and Intracellular Calcium Accumulation in Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons

    Jose L. Perez Velazquez;Marina V. Frantseva;Peter L. Carlen

  • Bursting in Inhibitory Interneuronal Networks: A Role for Gap-Junctional Coupling

    F. K. Skinner;L. Zhang;J. L. Perez Velazquez;P. L. Carlen

  • Rail-to-Rail-Input Dual-Radio 64-Channel Closed-Loop Neurostimulator

    Hossein Kassiri;Muhammad Tariqus Salam;Mohammad Reza Pazhouhandeh;Nima Soltani

  • Synchronization of GABAergic interneuronal networks during seizure-like activity in the rat horizontal hippocampal slice.

    Jose L. Perez Velazquez;Peter L. Carlen

  • 64-Channel UWB Wireless Neural Vector Analyzer SOC With a Closed-Loop Phase Synchrony-Triggered Neurostimulator

    Karim Abdelhalim;Hamed Mazhab Jafari;Larysa Kokarovtseva;Jose Luis Perez Velazquez

  • Changes in neuronal migration in neocortex of connexin43 null mutant mice.

    Shinji Fushiki;Jose Luis Perez Velazquez;Liang Zhang;John F. Bechberger

  • Dynamics of intracellular calcium and free radical production during ischemia in pyramidal neurons.

    Marina V Frantseva;Peter L Carlen;Jose L Perez Velazquez

  • Seizure Suppression Efficacy of Closed-Loop Versus Open-Loop Deep Brain Stimulation in a Rodent Model of Epilepsy

    M. Tariqus Salam;Jose Luis Perez Velazquez;Roman Genov

  • Low-Frequency Noise and Offset Rejection in DC-Coupled Neural Amplifiers: A Review and Digitally-Assisted Design Tutorial.

    Arezu Bagheri;Muhammad Tariqus Salam;Jose Luis Perez Velazquez;Roman Genov

  • Closed-Loop Neurostimulators: A Survey and A Seizure-Predicting Design Example for Intractable Epilepsy Treatment

    Hossein Kassiri;Sana Tonekaboni;M. Tariqus Salam;Nima Soltani

  • Battery-less Tri-band-Radio Neuro-monitor and Responsive Neurostimulator for Diagnostics and Treatment of Neurological Disorders

    Hossein Kassiri;Arezu Bagheri;Nima Soltani;Karim Abdelhalim

  • 320-Channel Active Probe for High-Resolution Neuromonitoring and Responsive Neurostimulation

    Ruslana Shulyzki;Karim Abdelhalim;Arezu Bagheri;M. Tariqus Salam

Frequent Co-Authors

Roman Genov
Roman Genov University of Toronto
Peter L. Carlen
Peter L. Carlen University Health Network
O. Carter Snead
O. Carter Snead University of Toronto
Miguel A. Cortez
Miguel A. Cortez Hospital for Sick Children
Richard Wennberg
Richard Wennberg University Health Network
Liang Zhang
Liang Zhang University Health Network
Nicholas S. Abend
Nicholas S. Abend University of Pennsylvania
James H. Eubanks
James H. Eubanks University Health Network
Marc D. Lewis
Marc D. Lewis University of Toronto
William Gaetz
William Gaetz Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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