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Overview

Tiago Branco is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom and has a research focus rooted primarily in neuroscience. Their work spans several interrelated fields including Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Within these, their subfields of study encompass Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, and Surgery.

The research topics covered by Tiago Branco are diverse and include Neural dynamics and brain function, Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Cell Image Analysis Techniques, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, and Visual perception and processing mechanisms.

Branco has contributed numerous papers to well-known academic venues. Some recent publications include:

  • "Visualizing anatomically registered data with brainrender" (2021, eLife)
  • "The Neural Basis of Escape Behavior in Vertebrates" (2020, Annual Review of Neuroscience)
  • "A cortico-collicular circuit for orienting to shelter during escape" (2022, Nature)
  • "BrainGlobe Atlas API: a common interface for neuroanatomical atlases" (2020, The Journal of Open Source Software)
  • "Multisensory coding of angular head velocity in the retrosplenial cortex" (2021, Neuron)

Frequent publication venues where Branco's work appears include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cureus, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University), Neuron, and Current Biology.

Branco frequently collaborates with a core group of co-authors, which includes Federico Claudi, Troy W. Margrie, Dario Campagner, Stephen C. Lenzi, and Adam L. Tyson. These collaborations reflect a network within neuroscience and related biological disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Dendritic discrimination of temporal input sequences in cortical neurons.

    Tiago Branco;Beverley A. Clark;Michael Häusser

  • The probability of neurotransmitter release: variability and feedback control at single synapses.

    Tiago Branco;Kevin Staras

  • A synaptic threshold mechanism for computing escape decisions

    Dominic A. Evans;A. Vanessa Stempel;Ruben Vale;Sabine Ruehle

  • Dendritic spikes enhance stimulus selectivity in cortical neurons in vivo

    Spencer L. Smith;Ikuko T. Smith;Ikuko T. Smith;Tiago Branco;Tiago Branco;Michael Häusser

  • The single dendritic branch as a fundamental functional unit in the nervous system.

    Tiago Branco;Michael Häusser

  • Synaptic Integration Gradients in Single Cortical Pyramidal Cell Dendrites

    Tiago Branco;Michael Häusser

  • Local Dendritic Activity Sets Release Probability at Hippocampal Synapses

    Tiago Branco;Kevin Staras;Kevin J. Darcy;Yukiko Goda

  • Cognitive Control of Escape Behaviour

    Dominic A. Evans;A. Vanessa Stempel;Ruben Vale;Tiago Branco

  • Cell type-specific transcriptomics of hypothalamic energy-sensing neuron responses to weight-loss

    Fredrick E Henry;Ken Sugino;Adam Tozer;Tiago Branco

  • Prefrontal cortical control of a brainstem social behavior circuit

    Tamara B Franklin;Tamara B Franklin;Bianca A Silva;Zinaida Perova;Livia Marrone

  • A vesicle superpool spans multiple presynaptic terminals in hippocampal neurons

    Kevin Staras;Tiago Branco;Jemima J. Burden;Karine Pozo

  • Tonic Inhibition Enhances Fidelity of Sensory Information Transmission in the Cerebellar Cortex

    Ian Duguid;Tiago Branco;Michael London;Paul Chadderton

  • The site of action potential initiation in cerebellar Purkinje neurons

    Beverley A Clark;Pablo Monsivais;Tiago Branco;Michael London

  • Visualizing anatomically registered data with brainrender.

    Federico Claudi;Adam L Tyson;Luigi Petrucco;Troy W Margrie

  • Rapid Spatial Learning Controls Instinctive Defensive Behavior in Mice

    Ruben Vale;Dominic A. Evans;Tiago Branco

  • Global and Multiplexed Dendritic Computations under In Vivo-like Conditions.

    Balázs B. Ujfalussy;Judit K. Makara;Máté Lengyel;Tiago Branco

  • The Neural Basis of Escape Behavior in Vertebrates.

    Tiago Branco;Peter Redgrave

  • A Preferentially Segregated Recycling Vesicle Pool of Limited Size Supports Neurotransmission in Native Central Synapses

    Vincenzo Marra;Jemima J. Burden;Julian R. Thorpe;Ikuko T. Smith;Ikuko T. Smith

  • A cortico-collicular circuit for orienting to shelter during escape

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  • Ultrafast tissue staining with chemical tags

    Johannes Kohl;Julian Ng;Sebastian Cachero;Ernesto Ciabatti

  • Near-Perfect Synaptic Integration by Nav1.7 in Hypothalamic Neurons Regulates Body Weight.

    Tiago Branco;Tiago Branco;Adam Tozer;Christopher J. Magnus;Ken Sugino

  • Local dendritic activity sets release probability at hippocampal synapses

    Y Goda;K Darcy;K Staras;T Branco

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin Staras
Kevin Staras University of Sussex
Michael Häusser
Michael Häusser University College London
Troy W. Margrie
Troy W. Margrie University College London
Scott M. Sternson
Scott M. Sternson University of California, San Diego
Cornelius Gross
Cornelius Gross European Bioinformatics Institute
Gregory S.X.E. Jefferis
Gregory S.X.E. Jefferis MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Juan Burrone
Juan Burrone King's College London
John Wood
John Wood University College London

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