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Overview

Thierry Bal is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France and specializes in research across biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. Their work encompasses multiple subfields including molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Bal's research focuses on several key topics, such as:

  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors study
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Neuroscience and neural engineering

Their recent scientific contributions include two notable papers published in 2022:

  • "Trachynilysin, a protein neurotoxin isolated from stonefish (Synanceia trachynis) venom, increases spontaneous quantal acetylcholine release from Torpedo marmorata neuromuscular junctions," published in HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • "K + -independent Kir blockade by external Cs + and Ba 2+," published in Physiological Reports

Bal has collaborated with several researchers including César Mattei, Frédéric A. Meunier, Arnold S. Kreger, and Jordi Molgó. Their work has appeared primarily in the venues HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) and Physiological Reports.

Best Publications

  • SLEEP AND AROUSAL: Thalamocortical Mechanisms

    David A. McCormick;Thierry Bal

  • Cellular mechanisms of a synchronized oscillation in the thalamus

    M von Krosigk;T Bal;DA McCormick

  • Ionic mechanisms underlying synchronized oscillations and propagating waves in a model of ferret thalamic slices

    A. Destexhe;T. Bal;D. A. McCormick;T. J. Sejnowski

  • Sensory gating mechanisms of the thalamus.

    David A McCormick;Thierry Bal

  • Minimal Hodgkin–Huxley type models for different classes of cortical and thalamic neurons

    Martin Pospischil;Maria Toledo-Rodriguez;Cyril Monier;Zuzanna Piwkowska

  • Synaptic and membrane mechanisms underlying synchronized oscillations in the ferret lateral geniculate nucleus in vitro.

    T Bal;M von Krosigk;D A McCormick

  • Mechanisms of oscillatory activity in guinea-pig nucleus reticularis thalami in vitro: a mammalian pacemaker.

    T Bal;D A McCormick

  • Barrages of Synaptic Activity Control the Gain and Sensitivity of Cortical Neurons

    Yousheng Shu;Andrea Hasenstaub;Mathilde Badoual;Thierry Bal

  • What Stops Synchronized Thalamocortical Oscillations

    Thierry Bal;David A McCormick

  • Role of the ferret perigeniculate nucleus in the generation of synchronized oscillations in vitro.

    T Bal;M von Krosigk;D A McCormick

  • Spindle waves are propagating synchronized oscillations in the ferret LGNd in vitro

    U. Kim;T. Bal;D. A. McCormick

  • Feedback inhibition controls spike transfer in hybrid thalamic circuits.

    Gwendal Le Masson;Sylvie Renaud-Le Masson;Damien Debay;Thierry Bal

  • Persistent cortical activity: Mechanisms of generation and effects on neuronal excitability

    David A. McCormick;Yousheng Shu;Andrea Hasenstaub;Mavi Sanchez-Vives

  • Synaptic background activity controls spike transfer from thalamus to cortex.

    Jakob Wolfart;Damien Debay;Gwendal Le Masson;Alain Destexhe

  • Synchronized Oscillations in the Inferior Olive Are Controlled by the Hyperpolarization-Activated Cation Current I h

    Thierry Bal;David A. McCormick

  • Cortical Feedback Controls the Frequency and Synchrony of Oscillations in the Visual Thalamus

    Thierry Bal;Damien Debay;Alain Destexhe;Alain Destexhe

  • The pyloric central pattern generator in Crustacea: a set of conditional neuronal oscillators

    Thierry Bal;Frédéric Nagy;Maurice Moulins

  • Inhibitory Interactions between Perigeniculate GABAergic Neurons

    Maria V. Sanchez-Vives;Thierry Bal;David A. McCormick

  • A method to estimate synaptic conductances from membrane potential fluctuations.

    Michael Rudolph;Zuzanna Piwkowska;Mathilde Badoual;Thierry Bal

  • Periodicity of thalamic spindle waves is abolished by ZD7288,a blocker of Ih.

    Anita Lüthi;Thierry Bal;David A. McCormick

Frequent Co-Authors

Alain Destexhe
Alain Destexhe Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
David A. McCormick
David A. McCormick University of Oregon
Yves Frégnac
Yves Frégnac Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Maria V. Sanchez-Vives
Maria V. Sanchez-Vives Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Hee-Sup Shin
Hee-Sup Shin Institute for Basic Science
Laurent Venance
Laurent Venance Collège de France
Yousheng Shu
Yousheng Shu Fudan University
John J. Renger
John J. Renger MSD (United States)
Guillaume S. Masson
Guillaume S. Masson Aix-Marseille University

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