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Leslie M. Kay is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Neuroscience, with 21 publications attributed to this area. Their work extends into several subfields, including Sensory Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

The main topics covered by Leslie M. Kay's research involve studies on Olfactory and Sensory Function with a focus on advanced chemical sensor technologies. Further areas examined include neurobiology and insect physiology research, neural dynamics and brain function, circadian rhythm and melatonin, biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, as well as advanced memory and neural computing.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Leslie M. Kay include:

  • Behzad Iravani
  • Artin Arshamian
  • Mikael Lundqvist
  • Donald A. Wilson
  • Johan N. Lundström

Publication venues where Leslie M. Kay has published multiple works include:

  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Machine Intelligence
  • NeuroImage
  • Journal of Neuroscience

Selected recent publications showcase the diversity and depth of their research:

  • COVID-19 and olfactory dysfunction: a looming wave of dementia?, 2022, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Biological underpinnings for lifelong learning machines, 2022, Nature Machine Intelligence
  • Odor identity can be extracted from the reciprocal connectivity between olfactory bulb and piriform cortex in humans, 2021, NeuroImage
  • Long-Range Respiratory and Theta Oscillation Networks Depend on Spatial Sensory Context, 2021, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Transfer of Odor Perception From the Retronasal to the Orthonasal Pathway, 2020, Chemical Senses

Best Publications

  • Odor- and context-dependent modulation of mitral cell activity in behaving rats

    Leslie M. Kay;Gilles Laurent

  • Olfactory oscillations: the what, how and what for.

    Leslie M. Kay;Jennifer Beshel;Jennifer Beshel;Jorge Brea;Claire Martin;Claire Martin

  • Bidirectional processing in the olfactory-limbic axis during olfactory behavior.

    Leslie M. Kay;Walter J. Freeman

  • Olfactory Bulb Gamma Oscillations Are Enhanced with Task Demands

    Jennifer Beshel;Nancy Kopell;Leslie M Kay

  • An Olfacto-Hippocampal Network Is Dynamically Involved in Odor-Discrimination Learning

    Claire Martin;Jennifer Beshel;Leslie M. Kay

  • Disruption of GABAA Receptors on GABAergic Interneurons Leads to Increased Oscillatory Power in the Olfactory Bulb Network

    Zoltan Nusser;Leslie M. Kay;Leslie M. Kay;Gilles Laurent;Gregg E. Homanics

  • Theta oscillations and sensorimotor performance

    Leslie M. Kay

  • An argument for an olfactory thalamus

    Leslie M. Kay;S. Murray Sherman

  • Information processing in the olfactory systems of insects and vertebrates.

    Leslie M. Kay;Mark Stopfer

  • Two species of gamma oscillations in the olfactory bulb: dependence on behavioral state and synaptic interactions.

    Leslie M. Kay

  • A Redefinition of Odor Mixture Quality

    Leslie M. Kay;Tanja Crk;Jennifer Thorngate

  • REAFFERENCE AND ATTRACTORS IN THE OLFACTORY SYSTEM DURING ODOR RECOGNITION

    Leslie M. Kay;Larry R. Lancaster;Walter J. Freeman

  • A Beta Oscillation Network in the Rat Olfactory System During a 2-Alternative Choice Odor Discrimination Task

    Leslie M. Kay;Jennifer Beshel

  • Circuit oscillations in odor perception and memory.

    Leslie M. Kay

  • The rhythm of memory: how breathing shapes memory function

    Detlef H. Heck;Robert Kozma;Robert Kozma;Leslie M. Kay

  • The olfactory bulb theta rhythm follows all frequencies of diaphragmatic respiration in the freely behaving rat.

    Daniel Rojas-Líbano;Donald E. Frederick;José I. Egaña;Leslie M. Kay

  • Olfactory system gamma oscillations: the physiological dissection of a cognitive neural system

    Daniel Rojas-Líbano;Leslie M. Kay

  • COMPARISON OF EEG TIME SERIES FROM RAT OLFACTORY SYSTEM WITH MODEL COMPOSED OF NONLINEAR COUPLED OSCILLATORS

    Leslie Kay;Koji Shimoide;Walter J. Freeman

  • Gamma and Beta Oscillations Define a Sequence of Neurocognitive Modes Present in Odor Processing.

    Donald E. Frederick;Austin Brown;Elizabeth Brim;Nisarg Mehta

  • Chemical Factors Determine Olfactory System Beta Oscillations in Waking Rats

    Catherine A. Lowry;Leslie M. Kay

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald A. Wilson
Donald A. Wilson Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
Walter J. Freeman
Walter J. Freeman University of California, Berkeley
Nancy Kopell
Nancy Kopell Boston University
Johan N. Lundström
Johan N. Lundström Karolinska Institute
Gilles Laurent
Gilles Laurent Max Planck Society
Edi Barkai
Edi Barkai University of Haifa
Santiago Canals
Santiago Canals Spanish National Research Council
Mark Stopfer
Mark Stopfer National Institutes of Health
Gregg E. Homanics
Gregg E. Homanics University of Pittsburgh
Zoltan Nusser
Zoltan Nusser Hungarian Academy of Sciences

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