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Miles A. Whittington

Miles A. Whittington

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Neuroscience

D-Index
88
Citations
30350
World Ranking
1198
National Ranking
133

Overview

Miles A. Whittington was affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom. Their research focused primarily on neuroscience, with significant work in cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and sensory systems.

The scientist contributed to various topics within neuroscience, including:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Olfactory and sensory function studies
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Memory and neural mechanisms
  • Brain metastases and treatment
  • Biochemical analysis and sensing techniques

Whittington published frequently in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Reviews in the Neurosciences, Scientific Reports, Communications Biology, and Journal of Neuroinflammation.

Recent papers included:

  • Metastatic breast cancer cells induce altered microglial morphology and electrical excitability in vivo, 2020, Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • Layer 4 pyramidal neuron dendritic bursting underlies a post-stimulus visual cortical alpha rhythm, 2020, Communications Biology
  • Network and synaptic mechanisms underlying high frequency oscillations in the rat and cat olfactory bulb under ketamine-xylazine anesthesia, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Differential contributions of synaptic and intrinsic inhibitory currents to speech segmentation via flexible phase-locking in neural oscillators, 2021, PLoS Computational Biology
  • Processing of cell assemblies in the lateral entorhinal cortex, 2022, Reviews in the Neurosciences

They collaborated frequently with researchers including Roger D. Traub, Mark Jeremy Hunt, Anna Simon, Władysław Średniawa, and Jacek Wróbel.

Best Publications

  • Synchronized oscillations in interneuron networks driven by metabotropic glutamate receptor activation

    Miles A. Whittington;Roger D. Traub;Roger D. Traub;John G. R. Jefferys

  • Cognitive dysfunction in psychiatric disorders: characteristics, causes and the quest for improved therapy

    Mark J. Millan;Yves Agid;Martin Brüne;Edward T. Bullmore

  • Gamma rhythms and beta rhythms have different synchronization properties.

    N. Kopell;G. B. Ermentrout;M. A. Whittington;R. D. Traub

  • Inhibition-based rhythms: experimental and mathematical observations on network dynamics

    M.A Whittington;R.D Traub;N Kopell;B Ermentrout

  • Prion protein is necessary for normal synaptic function

    John Collinge;Miles A. Whittington;Katie C. L. Sidle;Corinne J. Smith

  • Awake hippocampal sharp-wave ripples support spatial memory

    Shantanu P. Jadhav;Caleb Kemere;P. Walter German;Loren M. Frank

  • A mechanism for generation of long-range synchronous fast oscillations in the cortex.

    Roger D. Traub;Miles A. Whittington;Ian M. Stanford;John G. R. Jefferys

  • Analysis of gamma rhythms in the rat hippocampus in vitro and in vivo.

    R. D. Traub;M. A. Whittington;S. B. Colling;G. Buzsaki

  • Recruitment of parvalbumin-positive interneurons determines hippocampal function and associated behavior.

    Elke C. Fuchs;Aleksandar R. Zivkovic;Mark O. Cunningham;Steven Middleton

  • Neuronal networks for induced ‘40 Hz’ rhythms

    John G.R Jefferys;Roger D Traub;Miles A Whittington;Miles A Whittington

  • Interneuron Diversity series: Inhibitory interneurons and network oscillations in vitro

    Miles A Whittington;Roger D Traub

  • Impaired electrical signaling disrupts gamma frequency oscillations in connexin 36-deficient mice.

    Sheriar G. Hormuzdi;Isabel Pais;Fiona E.N. LeBeau;Stephen K. Towers

  • Single-column thalamocortical network model exhibiting gamma oscillations, sleep spindles, and epileptogenic bursts

    Roger D. Traub;Diego Contreras;Mark O. Cunningham;Hilary Murray

  • Gap Junctions between Interneuron Dendrites Can Enhance Synchrony of Gamma Oscillations in Distributed Networks

    Roger D. Traub;Roger D. Traub;Nancy Kopell;Andrea Bibbig;Andrea Bibbig;Eberhard H. Buhl

  • Gamma and beta frequency oscillations in response to novel auditory stimuli: A comparison of human electroencephalogram (EEG) data with in vitro models

    Corinna Haenschel;Torsten Baldeweg;Rodney J. Croft;Miles Whittington

  • Fast Oscillations in Cortical Circuits

    Roger D. Traub;Miles A. Whittington;John G. R. Jefferys

  • A possible role for gap junctions in generation of very fast EEG oscillations preceding the onset of, and perhaps initiating, seizures

    Roger D. Traub;Miles A. Whittington;Eberhard H. Buhl;Fiona E. N. LeBeau

  • Long-Range–Projecting GABAergic Neurons Modulate Inhibition in Hippocampus and Entorhinal Cortex

    Sarah Melzer;Magdalena Michael;Antonio Caputi;Marina Eliava

  • Cellular mechanisms of neuronal population oscillations in the hippocampus in vitro.

    Roger D Traub;Andrea Bibbig;Fiona E N LeBeau;Eberhard H Buhl

  • A beta2-frequency (20–30 Hz) oscillation in nonsynaptic networks of somatosensory cortex

    Anita K. Roopun;Steven J. Middleton;Mark O. Cunningham;Fiona E. N. LeBeau

  • A branching dendritic model of a rodent CA3 pyramidal neurone.

    R. D. Traub;J. G. R. Jefferys;R. Miles;M. A. Whittington

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger D. Traub
Roger D. Traub IBM (United States)
Mark O. Cunningham
Mark O. Cunningham Trinity College Dublin
Nancy Kopell
Nancy Kopell Boston University
Fiona E. N. LeBeau
Fiona E. N. LeBeau Newcastle University
John G. R. Jefferys
John G. R. Jefferys University of Oxford
Hannah Monyer
Hannah Monyer German Cancer Research Center
Marcus Kaiser
Marcus Kaiser University of Nottingham
Tengis Gloveli
Tengis Gloveli Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Torsten Baldeweg
Torsten Baldeweg University College London
Mark A. Kramer
Mark A. Kramer Boston University

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