Olaf Sporns – Publications as of 08/01/02

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Sporns, O. (2002) Graph theory methods for the analysis of neural connectivity patterns.Kötter, R. (ed.) Neuroscience Databases. A Practical Guide.  Kluwer Publishers, Boston, MA.***PDF

Sporns, O. (2002) Network analysis, complexity and brain function.Complexity.***DRAFT

Sporns, O., Tononi, G., and Edelman, G.M. (2002)Theoretical neuroanatomy and the connectivity of the cerebral cortex.Behavioral Brain Research.

Sporns, O., and Alexander, W.H. (2002) Dopamine, reward conditioning, and robot behavior.ICDL02.***PDF

Sporns, O. (2002) Embodied Cognition.In: MIT Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks, M. Arbib, Ed., MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.

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Sporns, O., and Alexander, W.H. (2002) Neuromodulation and plasticity in an autonomous robot.Neural Networks.

Alexander, W.H., and Sporns, O. (2002) Timed delivery of reward signals in an autonomous robot.In: Animals to Animats 7: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, Meyer, J.A.; Berthoz, A.; Floreano, D.; Roitblat, H.; Wilson, S.W., (Editors), MIT Press: Cambridge, MA.***PDF

Hilgetag, C.C., Kötter, R., Stephan, K.E. and Sporns, O. (2002) Computational methods for the analysis of brain connectivity.In: Giorgio Ascoli (ed.) Computational Neuroanatomy: Principles and Methods. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ.

Papers:

Sporns, O., and Tononi, G. (2002) Classes of network connectivity and dynamics.Complexity 7, 28-38. [P53]***PDF

Sporns, O. (2001) Neural dynamics and cognitive synthesis. Theoria et Historia Scientiarium 7:293-305. [P52]

Almassy, N., and Sporns, O. (2001) Perceptual invariance and categorization in an embodied model of the visual system. In Biorobotics. Methods and Applications, Webb, B., and Consi, T.R., eds., pp.123-143, AAAI Press/MIT Press, Menlo Park, CA. [P51]

Weng, J., McClelland, J., Pentland, A., Sporns, O., Stockman, I., Sur, M., Thelen, E. (2001) Autonomous mental development by robots and animals.Science291:599-600. [P50]***PDF

Sporns, O., Almassy, N., and Edelman, G.M. (2000) Plasticity in value systems and its role in adaptive behavior.Adaptive Behavior 8:129-148. [P49]

Krichmar, J.L.; Snook, J.A.; Edelman, G.M.; Sporns, O. (2000) Experience-dependent perceptual categorization in a behaving real-world device.In: Animals to Animats 6: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, Meyer, J.A.; Berthoz, A.; Floreano, D.; Roitblat, H.; Wilson, S.W., (Editors), MIT Press: Cambridge, MA. p. 41-50. [P48]

Sporns, O., Tononi, G., and Edelman, G. (2000) Connectivity and complexity: the relationship between neuroanatomy and brain dynamics. Neural Networks13:909-922. [P47]***PDF

Sporns, O. (2000) Synthetic approaches to cognitive neuroscience.Brain and Behavioral Sciences 23: 548-549. [P46]

Sporns, O., Tononi, G., and Edelman, G.M. (2000) Theoretical neuroanatomy: Relating anatomical and functional connectivity in graphs and cortical connection matrices.Cerebral Cortex 10: 127-141. [P45]

Tononi, G., Sporns, O., and Edelman, G.M. (1999) Measures of degeneracy and redundancy in biological networks. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96:3257-3262.[P44]PDF

Bradley, J., and Sporns, O. (1999) BDNF-dependent enhancement of exocytosis in cultured cortical neurons requires translation but not transcription. Brain Research 815:140-149.[P43]

Tononi, G., Edelman, G.M., and Sporns, O. (1998) Complexity and coherency: Integrating information in the brain. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 2:474-484. [P42]

Sporns, O., and Edelman, G.M. (1998) Bernstein’s dynamic view of the brain: The current problems of modern neurophysiology (1945)Motor Control 2:283-305.[P41]

Edelman, G.M., Sporns, O., and Tononi, G. (1998) Reductionism and selection.In: Mazur, G.O. (Ed.) Twenty Year Commemoration to the Life of A.R. Luria, Semenenko Foundation, Paris.[P40]

Almassy, N., and Sporns, O. (1998) Role of behavior in the development of complex neuronal properties. Proceedings SAB98, pp. 312-320, MIT Press, Cambridge.[P39]

Almassy, N., Edelman, G.M., and Sporns, O. (1998) Behavioral constraints in the development of neuronal properties: A cortical model embedded in a real world device. Cerebral Cortex 8: 346-361.[P38]

Sporns, O.(1998) Biological variability and brain function.In: Consciousness and Human Identity, pp. 38-56, ed. J. Cornwell, Oxford University Press.[P37]

Sporns, O. (1997) Deconstructing neural constructivism. Brain Behav. Sci. 20:576-577.[P36]

Sporns, O, and Jenkinson, S. (1997) Potassium ion- and nitric oxide-induced exocytosis from populations of hippocampal synapses during synaptic maturation in vitro.Neuroscience 80:1057-1073.[P35]

Sporns, O. (1997) Variation and selection in neural function. Trends Neurosci.20:291.[P34]

Tononi, G., Sporns, O., and Edelman, G.M. (1996) A complexity measure for selective matching of signals by the brain. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93:3422-3427.[P33]

Verschure, P.F.M.J., Wray, J., Sporns, O., Tononi, G., and Edelman, G.M. (1995) Multilevel analysis of a behaving real world artifact: An illustration of synthetic neural modeling. Robotics and Autonomous Systems 16:247-265.[P32]

Friston, K.J., G. Tononi, O. Sporns, and G.M. Edelman (1995) Characterizing the complexity of neuronal interactions. Human Brain Mapping 3:302-314.[P31]

Krushel, L.A., O. Sporns, B.A. Cunningham, K.L. Crossin, and G.M. Edelman (1995)The neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM) inhibits astrocyte proliferation after injury to different regions of the adult rat brain. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92:4323-4327.[P30]

Sporns, O., G.M. Edelman and K.L. Crossin (1995) The neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM) inhibits proliferation in primary cultures of rat astrocytes.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92:542-546.[P29]

Sporns, O. (1995)Neural Models of Perception and Behavior. 1993 Lectures in Complex Systems, SFI Studies in the Sciences of Complexity, Lec. Vol X, Eds. D. Stein and L. Nadel, pp. 1-56, Addison-Wesley.[P28]

Sporns, O., G. Tononi, and G.M. Edelman (1994) Reentry and dynamical interactions of cortical networks.In Models of Neural Networks II eds. E. Domany, J.L. van Hemmen, and K. Schulten, pp. 315-341, Springer-Verlag, New York etc.[P27]

Sporns, O. (1994) Selectional and instructional ideas in neuroscience. Int. Rev. Neurosci. 37:3-26.[P26]

Alber, R., Sporns, O., Weikert, T., Willbold, E., and Layer, P.G. (1994) Cholinesterases and peanut agglutinin binding related to cell proliferation and axonal growth in embryonic chick limbs. Anat. Embryol. 190:429-438.[P25]

Horwitz, B., and O. Sporns (1994) Neural Modeling and Functional Neuroimaging.Human Brain Mapping 1:269-283.[P24]

Sporns, O., G. Tononi, and G.M. Edelman (1994) Neural models of cortical integration. In Functional Neuroimaging: Technical Foundations, R.W. Thatcher, M. Hallett, T. Zeffiro, E.R. John, and M. Huerta (Eds.), pp. 1-7, Academic Press, San Diego.[P23]

Tononi, G., O. Sporns, and G.M. Edelman (1994) A measure for brain complexity: Relating functional segregation and integration in the nervous system. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91:5033-5037.[P22]

Friston, K.J., Tononi, G., Reeke, G.N., Jr., Sporns, O., and Edelman, G.M. (1994) Value-dependent selection in the brain: Simulation in a synthetic neural model. Neuroscience 59:229-243.[P21]

Reeke, G.N., Jr., O. Sporns, W.E. Gall, G. Tononi and G.M. Edelman (1994) A biologically based synthetic nervous system for a real-world device.In Neural Networks for Speech and Vision, R.J. Mannone (Ed.), pp. 457-473, Chapman & Hall, London etc.[P20]

Sporns, O., and G.M. Edelman (1993) Solving Bernstein's problem: A proposal for the development of coordinated movement by selection. Child Development 64:960-981.[P19]

Sporns, O., G. Tononi, and G.M. Edelman (1993) Correlated neuronal activity and behavior.In ICANN'93 Proccedings of the International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Stan Gielen and Bert Kappen (Eds.), pp. 125-130, Springer-Verlag, London etc.[P18]

Reeke, G.N., Jr., and O. Sporns (1993) Behaviorally based modeling and computational approaches to neuroscience.Ann. Rev. Neuroscience 16:597-623.[P17]

Tononi, G, O. Sporns, and G.M. Edelman (1992)Reentry and the problem of integrating multiple cortical areas: Simulation of dynamic integration in the visual system. Cerebral Cortex 2:310-335.[P16]

Edelman, G.M., G.N. Reeke, Jr., W.E. Gall, G. Tononi, D. Williams, and O. Sporns (1992) Synthetic neural modeling applied to a real-world artifact. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89:7267-7271.[P15]

Tononi, G., O. Sporns, and G.M. Edelman (1992) The problem of neural integration: Induced rhythms and short-term correlations. In Induced Rhythms in the Brain eds. E. Basar and T.H. Bullock, pp. 367-395, Boston:Birkhäuser.[P14]

Sporns, O., G. Tononi, and G.M. Edelman (1991) Modeling perceptual grouping and figure-ground segregation by means of active reentrant circuits. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88:129-133.[P13]

Reeke, G.N., Jr., and O. Sporns (1991) Neural Darwinism and selective recognition automata: How selection shapes perceptual categories. In Self-Organization, Emerging Properties, and Learning ed. A. Babloyantz (Plenum Press, New York), pp. 199-218.[P12]

Sporns, O., G. Tononi, and G.M. Edelman (1991) Dynamic interactions of neuronal groups and the problem of cortical integration. In Nonlinear Dynamics and Neuronal Networks ed. H.G. Schuster (VCH, Weinheim), pp. 205-240.[P11]

Reeke, G.N., Jr., O. Sporns, and G.M. Edelman (1990) Synthetic neural modeling: The "Darwin" series of recognition automata. Proc. IEEE 78:1498-1530.[P10]

Reeke, G.N., Jr., L.H. Finkel, O. Sporns, and G.M. Edelman (1990) Synthetic neural modeling: A multilevel approach to the analysis of brain complexity. In Signal and Sense: Local and Global Order in Perceptual Maps eds. Edelman, G.M., Gall, W.E. & Cowan, W.M. (Wiley, New York), pp. 607-707.[P9]

Reeke, G.N., Jr., and O. Sporns (1990) Selectionist models of perceptual and motor systems and implications for functionalist theories of brain function. Physica D 42:347-364.[P8]

Sporns, O., J.A. Gally, G.N. Reeke, Jr., and G.M. Edelman (1989) Reentrant signaling among simulated neuronal groups leads to coherency in their oscillatory activity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86:7265-7269.[P7]

Reeke, G.N., Jr., O. Sporns, and G.M. Edelman (1989) Synthetic neural modelling: Comparisons of population and connectionist approaches. In Connectionism in Perspective, R. Pfeiffer, Z. Schreter, F. Fogelman-Soulié, L. Steels (eds.), pp. 113-139, Elsevier, Amsterdam.[P6]

Layer, P.G., and O. Sporns (1987) Spatiotemporal relationship of embryonic cholinesterases with cell proliferation in chicken brain and eye. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 84:284-288.[P5]

Layer, P.G., R. Alber, and O. Sporns (1987) Quantitative development and molecular forms of Acetyl- and Butyrylcholinesterase during morphogenesis and synaptogenesis of chick brain and retina. J. Neurochem. 49:175-182.[P4]

Sporns, O., S. Roth, and F. F. Seelig (1987) Chaotic dynamics of two coupled biochemical oscillators. Physica D 26:215-224.[P3]

Sporns, O., and F.F. Seelig (1986) Turing structures in an enzyme-induction system with gap junction-mediated non-linear diffusion. BioSystems 19:237-245.[P2]

Sporns, O., and F.F. Seelig (1986) Oscillations in theoretical models of induction.BioSystems19:83-89. [P1]

Abstracts

Brenner, C.A., Sporns, O., Lysaker, P.H., O’Donnell, B.F. (2001) Power and Coherence in Response to Modulated Auditory Stimuli in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders – Society of Biological Psychiatry 2002.
Sporns, O., and Tononi, G. (2001) Connectivity structure and functional dynamics of large-scale cortical systems. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.
Krichmar, J., Snook, J., Edelman, G., and Sporns, O. (2000) Experience-dependence of categorization in a behaving real-world device. 4th International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University, May 2000 [A15].
Sporns, O., Tononi, G., and Edelman, G.M. (1999) Analyzing anatomical and functional connectivity in graphs and cortical connection matrices. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 25:1930.[A14]
Bradley, J., and Sporns, O. (1999) BDNF-dependent effects on vesicle recycling at individual synaptic sites. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 25:1007. [A13]

Almassy, N., Edelman, G.M., Sporns, O. (1999) Function of long-range intracortical connections in a model of the visual cortex embedded in a behaving real-world device.3rd International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University, May 26-29, 1999. [A12]

Bradley, J., and Sporns, O. (1998) BDNF-dependent enhancement of exocytosis in cultured cortical neurons requires translation but not transcription. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.24:1784. [A11]

Almassy, N., Edelman, G.M., and Sporns, O. (1998) Development of long-range horizontal connections in a model of a higher visual area embedded in a behaving real world device. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 24:2095. [A10]

Almassy, N., Sporns, O., Wray, J., and Edelman, G. (1996) Development of invariant responses in a model of the inferotemporal cortex embedded in a behaving real world artifact.Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 22:1617.[A9]

Sporns, O., and Jenkinson, S. (1996) Calcium-independent synaptic vesicle release caused by nitric oxide donors and endogenous nitric oxide in rat hippocampal neuronal culture.Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 22:1950.[A8]

Krushel. L.A., Sporns, O., Cunningham, B.A., Crossin, K.L., and Edelman, G.M. (1995) Modulation of astrocyte proliferation by N-CAM.Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 21:305.[A7]

Tononi, G., O. Sporns, and G.M. Edelman (1994) Neural complexity and the relationship between functional segregation and integration in the nervous system.Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 20:1478.[A6]

Tononi, G., Sporns, O., and G.M. Edelman (1992) Modeling integration in the visual cortex.Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.18:741.[A5]

Sporns, O., G. Tononi, and G.M. Edelman (1992) Constructive and correlative reentry in the visual system: computer simulations and psychophysics. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 18:741.[A4]

Sporns, O., G. Tononi, and G.M. Edelman (1990) Coherent oscillations in a population-based model: their role in visual perception. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 16:961.[A3]

P.G. Layer, and O. Sporns (1985)Frühentwicklung der Cholinesterasen im Zentralnervensystem des Hühnerembryos und ihr Zusammenhang mit der Proliferationskontrolle. Abstract Neurobiologentagung Göttingen, West-Germany.[A2]

P.G. Layer, R. Girgert, S. Rommel, and O. Sporns (1985) Development of embryonic cholinesterases and cell proliferation in chick brain and retina. J. Neurochem.44, Suppl. S129B.[A1]

Book Reviews

Sporns, O. (1997) Weird Science.Review of “The Cerebral Code”, by William H. Calvin, Int. J. Neural Networks.[B4]
Sporns, O. (1995) A House of Cards.Review of "The Astonishing Hypothesis", by Francis H.C. Crick, Protein Science4:552-554.[B3]
Sporns, O. (1993) Review of "Applications of Neural Networks", ed. by H.G. Schuster. Advanced Materials 5:488.[B2]
Sporns, O. (1991) Review of "Neurobiology of Cognition", ed. by P.D. Eimas and A.M. Galaburda. The Physiologist 34:326.[B1]

Books

Sporns, O., and G. Tononi, Eds. (1994) Selectionism and the Brain. Academic Press: San Diego.