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Overview

Ole Paulsen is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily within the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, Neurology, and Molecular Biology.

Paulsen's research topics cover a broad range of neuroscience-related areas. Key themes include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Sleep and Wakefulness Research, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, and Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments.

They have published extensively in several reputable scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Journal of Sexual Medicine, eLife, Nature Neuroscience, and Alzheimer's & Dementia.

Selected recent papers authored by Ole Paulsen demonstrate this diversity. These include:

  • "Human ALS/FTD brain organoid slice cultures display distinct early astrocyte and targetable neuronal pathology" (2021, Nature Neuroscience)
  • "An emergent neural coactivity code for dynamic memory" (2021, Nature Neuroscience)
  • "Different encoding of reward location in dorsal and intermediate hippocampus" (2022, Current Biology)
  • "Modulation of hippocampal plasticity in learning and memory" (2022, Current Opinion in Neurobiology)
  • "Thalamus mediates neocortical Down state transition via GABAB-receptor-targeting interneurons" (2021, Neuron)

Ole Paulsen collaborates regularly with a number of researchers, with frequent coauthors including Przemysław Jarzębowski, Y. Audrey Hay, Tanja Fuchsberger, Alexander WE Dunn, and Susanna B. Mierau.

Best Publications

  • Synchronization of neuronal activity in hippocampus by individual GABAergic interneurons

    S. R. Cobb;E. H. Buhl;K. Halasy;K. Halasy;O. Paulsen

  • Cholinergic induction of network oscillations at 40 Hz in the hippocampus in vitro

    André Fisahn;Fenella G. Pike;Eberhard H. Buhl;Ole Paulsen

  • Cerebral organoids at the air–liquid interface generate diverse nerve tracts with functional output

    Stefano L. Giandomenico;Susanna B. Mierau;George M. Gibbons;Lea M. D. Wenger

  • Importance of the Intracellular Domain of NR2 Subunits for NMDA Receptor Function In Vivo

    Rolf Sprengel;Bettina Suchanek;Carla Amico;Rossella Brusa

  • Effects of ketamine on sensory perception: evidence for a role of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors.

    I Oye;O Paulsen;A Maurset

  • Role of GABAergic inhibition in hippocampal network oscillations.

    Edward O. Mann;Ole Paulsen

  • Distinct frequency preferences of different types of rat hippocampal neurones in response to oscillatory input currents

    Fenella G. Pike;Ruth S. Goddard;Jillian M. Suckling;Paul Ganter

  • A model of hippocampal memory encoding and retrieval: GABAergic control of synaptic plasticity

    Ole Paulsen;Edvard I. Moser

  • Natural patterns of activity and long-term synaptic plasticity

    Ole Paulsen;Terrence J Sejnowski;Terrence J Sejnowski

  • NMDA spikes enhance action potential generation during sensory input

    Lucy M Palmer;Adam S Shai;James E Reeve;Harry L Anderson

  • Tau protein is required for amyloid {beta}-induced impairment of hippocampal long-term potentiation

    Olivia A Shipton;Julie R Leitz;Jenny Dworzak;Christine E J Acton

  • Network oscillations: emerging computational principles.

    Terrence J. Sejnowski;Ole Paulsen

  • Perisomatic Feedback Inhibition Underlies Cholinergically Induced Fast Network Oscillations in the Rat Hippocampus In Vitro

    Edward O. Mann;Jillian M. Suckling;Norbert Hajos;Norbert Hajos;Susan A. Greenfield

  • Spike Timing of Distinct Types of GABAergic Interneuron during Hippocampal Gamma Oscillations In Vitro

    Norbert Hájos;János Pálhalmi;Edward O. Mann;Beáta Németh

  • Preferential Origin and Layer Destination of GAD65-GFP Cortical Interneurons

    Guillermina López-Bendito;Katherine Sturgess;Ferenc Erdélyi;Gábor Szabó

  • GluN2A and GluN2B subunit-containing NMDA receptors in hippocampal plasticity

    Olivia A. Shipton;Ole Paulsen

  • Neuromodulation of Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity: Past, Present, and Future.

    Zuzanna Brzosko;Susanna B. Mierau;Ole Paulsen

  • Postsynaptic bursting is essential for ‘Hebbian’ induction of associative long-term potentiation at excitatory synapses in rat hippocampus

    Fenella G. Pike;Rhiannon M. Meredith;Andrew W. A. Olding;Ole Paulsen

  • Maintaining network activity in submerged hippocampal slices: importance of oxygen supply

    Norbert Hájos;Tommas J. Ellender;Rita Zemankovics;Edward O. Mann

  • Distinct Roles of GABAA and GABAB Receptors in Balancing and Terminating Persistent Cortical Activity

    Edward O. Mann;Michael M. Kohl;Ole Paulsen

  • Dopamine Neuron-Specific Optogenetic Stimulation in Rhesus Macaques

    William R. Stauffer;Armin Lak;Aimei Yang;Melodie Borel

Frequent Co-Authors

Norbert Hájos
Norbert Hájos Indiana University
Edward T. Bullmore
Edward T. Bullmore King's College London
Terrence J. Sejnowski
Terrence J. Sejnowski Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Huibert D. Mansvelder
Huibert D. Mansvelder Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Karl Deisseroth
Karl Deisseroth Stanford University
Wolfram Schultz
Wolfram Schultz University of Cambridge
Zoltán Molnár
Zoltán Molnár University of Oxford
Claudia Clopath
Claudia Clopath Imperial College London
Ragnhildur Thóra Káradóttir
Ragnhildur Thóra Káradóttir University of Cambridge
Per Andersen
Per Andersen University of Copenhagen

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