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Overview

Stephen Coombes is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Neuroscience, with a focus on Cognitive Neuroscience as well as areas related to Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Computer Networks and Communications, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist has contributed to topics including neural dynamics and brain function, stochastic dynamics and bifurcation, functional brain connectivity studies, nonlinear dynamics and pattern formation, sleep and wakefulness research, complex systems and time series analysis, and photoreceptor and optogenetics research.

Notable recent publications by Stephen Coombes include:

  • Next generation neural population models, 2023, Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics
  • Mean-Field Models for EEG/MEG: From Oscillations to Waves, 2021, Brain Topography (authored by Áine Byrne but connected through collaboration networks)
  • Reinforcement learning approaches to hippocampus-dependent flexible spatial navigation, 2021, Brain and Neuroscience Advances
  • Interlayer connectivity reconstruction for multilayer brain networks using phase oscillator models, 2021, New Journal of Physics
  • Structure-function clustering in weighted brain networks, 2022, Scientific Reports

Stephen Coombes has published work in frequent venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Physical Review E.

They maintain collaborations with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Rachel Nicks
  • Kyle C. A. Wedgwood
  • Reuben D. O'Dea
  • Daniele Avitabile
  • Rüdiger Thul

Stephen Coombes has also contributed to academic publishing through a book titled Neurodynamics, published by Springer Nature in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Waves, bumps, and patterns in neural field theories

    S. Coombes

  • Mathematical Frameworks for Oscillatory Network Dynamics in Neuroscience

    Peter Ashwin;Stephen Coombes;Rachel Nicks

  • Waves and bumps in neuronal networks with axo-dendritic synaptic interactions

    S. Coombes;G.J. Lord;M.R. Owen

  • Bursting: The genesis of rhythm in the nervous system

    Stephen Coombes;Paul C. Bressloff

  • Large-scale neural dynamics: simple and complex.

    Stephen Coombes

  • Calcium signalling during excitation-contraction coupling in mammalian atrial myocytes

    Martin D. Bootman;Daniel R. Higazi;Stephen Coombes;H. Llewelyn Roderick;H. Llewelyn Roderick

  • Evans Functions for Integral Neural Field Equations with Heaviside Firing Rate Function

    Stephen Coombes;Markus R. Owen

  • Dynamics of Strongly Coupled Spiking Neurons

    Paul C. Bressloff;Paul S. Coombes

  • Neuronal Networks with Gap Junctions: A Study of Piecewise Linear Planar Neuron Models

    Stephen Coombes

  • Mode locking and Arnold tongues in integrate-and-fire neural oscillators.

    S. Coombes;P. C. Bressloff

  • Bumps, breathers, and waves in a neural network with spike frequency adaptation

    Stephen Coombes;Markus R. Owen

  • Modeling electrocortical activity through improved local approximations of integral neural field equations.

    Stephen Coombes;Nikola A. Venkov;Lie June Shiau;Ingo Bojak

  • Atrial cardiomyocyte calcium signalling

    Martin D Bootman;Ioannis Smyrnias;Ruediger Thul;Stephen Coombes

  • Modeling sharp wave-ripple complexes through a CA3-CA1 network model with chemical synapses

    Jiannis Taxidis;Stephen Coombes;Robert Mason;Markus R. Owen

  • Next Generation Neural Mass Models

    Stephen Coombes;Áine Byrne

  • DYNAMICS OF A RING OF PULSE-COUPLED OSCILLATORS : GROUP THEORETIC APPROACH

    P. C. Bressloff;S. Coombes;B. de Souza

  • Neural fields : theory and applications

    Stephen Coombes

  • Learning higher order correlations

    J. G. Taylor;S. Coombes

  • Nonsmooth dynamics in spiking neuron models

    Stephen Coombes;Ruediger Thul;Kyle C.A. Wedgwood

  • Delays in activity-based neural networks

    Stephen Coombes;Carlo Laing

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul C. Bressloff
Paul C. Bressloff University of Utah
Martin D. Bootman
Martin D. Bootman The Open University
Stamatios N. Sotiropoulos
Stamatios N. Sotiropoulos University of Nottingham
Alan R. Palmer
Alan R. Palmer University of Nottingham
Matthew J. Brookes
Matthew J. Brookes University of Nottingham
Peter Ashwin
Peter Ashwin University of Exeter
Lai Sang Young
Lai Sang Young Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Prejaas Tewarie
Prejaas Tewarie University of Twente
Philip C. Garnsworthy
Philip C. Garnsworthy University of Nottingham

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