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Romain Brette

Romain Brette

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Neuroscience

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40
Citations
8981
World Ranking
7997
National Ranking
369

Overview

Romain Brette is a scientist affiliated with Inserm in France, specializing primarily in neuroscience. Their research spans multiple subfields, including cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, condensed matter physics, and biomedical engineering.

The topics of their work cover a range of areas within neuroscience and related disciplines. Key topics include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Retinal Development and Disorders

Romain Brette has been involved in publishing a number of papers in notable venues. Some of the recent publications include:

  • Theoretical relation between axon initial segment geometry and excitability, 2020, eLife
  • Integrative Neuroscience of Paramecium, a "Swimming Neuron", 2021, eNeuro
  • Axonal Na + channels detect and transmit levels of input synchrony in local brain circuits, 2020, Science Advances
  • Brains as Computers: Metaphor, Analogy, Theory or Fact?, 2022, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Neural excitability increases with axonal resistance between soma and axon initial segment, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Nicolas Escoubet
  • Léa-Lætitia Pontani
  • Alexis Prevost
  • Irene Elices
  • Anirudh Kulkarni

Their work has appeared repeatedly in various publication venues. Common venues where they have published include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Science Advances
  • PLoS Computational Biology
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

Romain Brette's research contributions reflect a multidisciplinary approach within neuroscience, intersecting with molecular biology, physics, and engineering fields. This broad scope facilitates insights into neural mechanisms, from cellular excitability to cognitive processes and computational neuroscience models.

Best Publications

  • Adaptive Exponential Integrate-and-Fire Model as an Effective Description of Neuronal Activity

    Romain Brette;Wulfram Gerstner

  • Simulation of networks of spiking neurons: A review of tools and strategies

    Romain Brette;Michelle Rudolph;Ted Carnevale;Michael L. Hines

  • Brian 2, an intuitive and efficient neural simulator

    Marcel Stimberg;Romain Brette;Dan Fm Goodman

  • Brian: A Simulator for Spiking Neural Networks in Python

    Dan F M Goodman;Romain Brette

  • The brian simulator.

    Dan F M Goodman;Romain Brette;Romain Brette

  • Philosophy of the Spike: Rate-Based vs. Spike-Based Theories of the Brain.

    Romain Brette;Romain Brette;Romain Brette

  • Dynamic I-V curves are reliable predictors of naturalistic pyramidal-neuron voltage traces.

    Laurent Badel;Sandrine Lefort;Romain Brette;Carl C. H. Petersen

  • A threshold equation for action potential initiation.

    Jonathan Platkiewicz;Romain Brette;Romain Brette

  • Dynamics and bifurcations of the adaptive exponential integrate-and-fire model

    Jonathan Touboul;Romain Brette

  • Equation-oriented specification of neural models for simulations.

    Marcel Stimberg;Marcel Stimberg;Dan F. M. Goodman;Dan F. M. Goodman;Victor Benichoux;Victor Benichoux;Romain Brette;Romain Brette

  • Is coding a relevant metaphor for the brain

    Romain Brette

  • Computing with Neural Synchrony

    Romain Brette

  • Handbook of Neural Activity Measurement

    Romain Brette;Alain Destexhe

  • Spike-threshold adaptation predicted by membrane potential dynamics in vivo.

    Bertrand Fontaine;José Luis Peña;Romain Brette

  • Impact of Fast Sodium Channel Inactivation on Spike Threshold Dynamics and Synaptic Integration

    Jonathan Platkiewicz;Romain Brette;Romain Brette

  • Fitting neuron models to spike trains.

    Cyrille Rossant;Cyrille Rossant;Dan F. M. Goodman;Dan F. M. Goodman;Bertrand Fontaine;Bertrand Fontaine;Jonathan Platkiewicz

  • Covariation of axon initial segment location and dendritic tree normalizes the somatic action potential.

    Mustafa S Hamada;Mustafa S Hamada;Sarah Goethals;Sharon I de Vries;Romain Brette

  • Automatic fitting of spiking neuron models to electrophysiological recordings.

    Cyrille Rossant;Dan F. M. Goodman;Jonathan Platkiewicz;Romain Brette

  • Sharpness of spike initiation in neurons explained by compartmentalization.

    Romain Brette

  • What is the most realistic single-compartment model of spike initiation?

    Romain Brette

  • Adaptive exponential integrate-and-fire model

    Wulfram Gerstner;Romain Brette

  • Spike-timing dependent plasticity and feed-forward input oscillations produce precise and invariant spike phase-locking.

    Lyle E Muller;Lyle E Muller;Romain Brette;Romain Brette;Boris Gutkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Alain Destexhe
Alain Destexhe Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Thierry Bal
Thierry Bal Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Maarten H.P. Kole
Maarten H.P. Kole Utrecht University
Wulfram Gerstner
Wulfram Gerstner École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Dominique Debanne
Dominique Debanne Aix-Marseille University
Michael L. Hines
Michael L. Hines Yale University
Boris Gutkin
Boris Gutkin École Normale Supérieure
Yves Frégnac
Yves Frégnac Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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