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National Ranking
624

Overview

Randy M. Bruno is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Neuroscience, with a notable emphasis on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sensory Systems, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientific topics covered in their work include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies

Their publication record reflects frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Nature
  • Neuron
  • Nature Neuroscience

Recent papers illustrating their research interests include:

  • A human-specific modifier of cortical connectivity and circuit function (2021, Nature)
  • Sensorimotor strategies and neuronal representations for shape discrimination (2021, Neuron)
  • The geometry of cortical representations of touch in rodents (2023, Nature Neuroscience)
  • A rapid whisker-based decision underlying skilled locomotion in mice (2021, eLife)
  • Learning enhances encoding of time and temporal surprise in mouse primary sensory cortex (2022, Nature Communications)

Randy M. Bruno collaborates frequently with a set of coauthors including:

  • Chris C. Rodgers
  • Jung M. Park
  • Elizabeth M. C. Hillman
  • Ramon Nogueira
  • Y. Kate Hong

Best Publications

  • Simultaneous Denoising, Deconvolution, and Demixing of Calcium Imaging Data

    Eftychios A. Pnevmatikakis;Daniel Soudry;Yuanjun Gao;Timothy A. Machado

  • Cortex is driven by weak but synchronously active thalamocortical synapses.

    Randy M. Bruno;Bert Sakmann

  • Deep cortical layers are activated directly by thalamus.

    Christine M. Constantinople;Randy M. Bruno

  • Effects and mechanisms of wakefulness on local cortical networks.

    Christine M. Constantinople;Randy M. Bruno

  • Feedforward Mechanisms of Excitatory and Inhibitory Cortical Receptive Fields

    Randy M. Bruno;Daniel J. Simons

  • Layer- and cell-type-specific suprathreshold stimulus representation in rat primary somatosensory cortex.

    C. P. J. De Kock;R. M. Bruno;H. Spors;B. Sakmann

  • Cell Type–Specific Three-Dimensional Structure of Thalamocortical Circuits in a Column of Rat Vibrissal Cortex

    Marcel Oberlaender;Christiaan P. J. de Kock;Randy M. Bruno;Alejandro Ramirez

  • Dimensions of a projection column and architecture of VPM and POm axons in rat vibrissal cortex.

    Verena C. Wimmer;Randy M. Bruno;Christiaan P.J. de Kock;Thomas Kuner

  • Spatial Organization of Neuronal Population Responses in Layer 2/3 of Rat Barrel Cortex

    Jason N. D. Kerr;Christiaan P. J. de Kock;David S. Greenberg;Randy M. Bruno

  • Cell Type–Specific Thalamic Innervation in a Column of Rat Vibrissal Cortex

    Hanno-Sebastian Meyer;Verena C. Wimmer;Mike Hemberger;Randy M. Bruno

  • Sensory Experience Restructures Thalamocortical Axons during Adulthood

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  • Thalamocortical Angular Tuning Domains within Individual Barrels of Rat Somatosensory Cortex

    Randy M. Bruno;Vivek Khatri;Peter W. Land;Daniel J. Simons

  • Sensation, movement and learning in the absence of barrel cortex

    Y. Kate Hong;Clay O. Lacefield;Chris C. Rodgers;Randy M. Bruno

  • Synchrony in sensation.

    Randy M Bruno

  • Dopamine and the mechanisms of cognition : Part II. D-amphetamine effects in human subjects performing a selective attention task

    David Servan-Schreiber;Cameron S. Carter;Randy M. Bruno;Jonathan D. Cohen

  • In vivo two-photon voltage-sensitive dye imaging reveals top-down control of cortical layers 1 and 2 during wakefulness

    Bernd Kuhn;Winfried Denk;Randy M. Bruno

  • High-order thalamic inputs to primary somatosensory cortex are stronger and longer lasting than cortical inputs.

    Wanying Zhang;Randy M Bruno

  • Subcolumnar Dendritic and Axonal Organization of Spiny Stellate and Star Pyramid Neurons within a Barrel in Rat Somatosensory Cortex

    Veronica Egger;Thomas Nevian;Randy M. Bruno

  • Dopamine and the mechanisms of cognition: Part I. A neural network model predicting dopamine effects on selective attention.

    David Servan-Schreiber;Randy M. Bruno;Cameron S. Carter;Jonathan D. Cohen;Jonathan D. Cohen

  • Prefrontal Cortex HCN1 Channels Enable Intrinsic Persistent Neural Firing and Executive Memory Function

    Sébastien J. Thuault;Gaël Malleret;Christine M. Constantinople;Russell Nicholls

  • Modeling a layer 4-to-layer 2/3 module of a single column in rat neocortex: Interweaving in vitro and in vivo experimental observations

    Leora Sarid;Randy M. Bruno;Bert Sakmann;Idan Segev

  • Reconstruction of an average cortical column in silico

    Moritz Helmstaedter;C. P. de Kock;D. Feldmeyer;R. M. Bruno

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel J. Simons
Daniel J. Simons University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Stefano Fusi
Stefano Fusi Columbia University
Christiaan P. J. de Kock
Christiaan P. J. de Kock Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jonathan D. Cohen
Jonathan D. Cohen Princeton University
Moritz Helmstaedter
Moritz Helmstaedter Max Planck Society
Richard S. Mann
Richard S. Mann Columbia University
Cameron S. Carter
Cameron S. Carter University of California, Irvine
Franck Polleux
Franck Polleux Columbia University
Asaf Keller
Asaf Keller University of Maryland, Baltimore
Thomas M. Jessell
Thomas M. Jessell Columbia University

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