Publications

Here you are on the publications site of the research group.
An overview of new and high-impact publications and additionally all publications of ZI-members in journals with impact factor since 2006 can be found in our publication database.

Selected publications


Balaguer-Ballester, E., Lapish, C., Seamans, J. and Durstewitz, D. (2011) Attracting dynamics of frontal cortex ensembles during memory-guided decision making. PLoS Computational Biology. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002057. Download. Software download 



Durstewitz, D. and Balaguer-Ballester, E. (2010) Statistical Approaches for Reconstructing Neuro-Cogninitive Ensemble Dynamics from High-Dimensional Neural Recordings. Neuroforum, 4 (10): 266-276. Download. 



Durstewitz


Durstewitz, D., Floresco, S.B. & Seamans, J.K. (2010) Abrupt Transitions between Prefrontal Neural Ensemble States Accompany Behavioral Transitions during Rule Learning. Neuron 66: 438-448.

Lapish, C.C.*, Durstewitz, D.*, Chandler, L.J., & Seamans, J.K. (2008) Successful choice behavior is associated with distinct and coherent network states in anterior cingulate cortex. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105: 11963-8. * joint first authorship. Download preprint. Download supporting information.

Durstewitz, D., Seamans, J.K. (2008) The dual-state theory of prefrontal cortex dopamine function with relevance to COMT genotypes and schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry 64: 739-49.

Durstewitz, D., & Deco, G. (2008) Computational significance of transient dynamics in cortical networks. European Journal of Neuroscience. 27:217-27. Epub 2007.

Lapish, C.C., Kroener, S., Durstewitz, D., Lavin, A., & Seamans, J.K. (2007) The ability of the mesocortical dopamine system to operate in distinct temporal modes. Psychopharmacology 191, 609-625. Epub Nov 2006.

Durstewitz, D., & Gabriel, T. (2007) Dynamical basis of irregular spiking in NMDA-driven prefrontal cortex neurons. Cerebral Cortex 17, 894-908. Epub June 2006. Software download.

Durstewitz, D. (2006) A few important points about dopamine’s role in neural network dynamics. Pharmacopsychiatry 39 (S1): S72-S75.

Durstewitz, D. (2006) Engineering the brain. Commentary on van der Velde & de Kamps, Neural blackboard architectures of combinatorial structures in cognition. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 29: 76-77.

Durstewitz, D., & Seamans, J.K. (2006) Beyond bistability: Biophysics and temporal dynamics of working memory. Neuroscience 139: 119-133.

Durstewitz, D. (2004) Neural representation of interval time. Neuroreport 15, 745-749. Download preprint.

Durstewitz, D. (2003) Self-organizing neural integrator predicts interval times through climbing activity. Journal of Neuroscience 23, 5342-5353. Download preprint.

Durstewitz, D., & Seamans, J.K. (2002) The computational role of dopamine D1 receptors in working memory. Neural Networks 15, 561-572. Download preprint.

Seamans, J.K., Gorelova, N.A., Durstewitz, D., & Yang, C.R. (2001) Bidirectional dopamine modulation of GABAergic inhibition in prefrontal cortical pyramidal neurons. Journal of Neuroscience 21, 3628-3638. Download preprint.

Seamans, J.K., Durstewitz, D., Christie, B., Stevens, C.F., & Sejnowski, T.J. (2001) Dopamine D1/D5 receptor modulation of excitatory synaptic inputs to layer V prefrontal cortex neurons. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 98, 301-306. Download preprint.

Durstewitz, D., Seamans, J.K., & Sejnowski, T.J. (2000) Neurocomputational models of working memory. Nature Neuroscience Suppl. 3, 1184-1191. Download preprint.

Windmann, S., & Durstewitz, D. (2000) Phänomenales Erleben: Einfundamentales Problem für die Psychologie und die Neurowissenschaften [Phenomenal consciousness: a fundamental problem for psychology and the neurosciences.] Psychologische Rundschau 51, 75-82.

Durstewitz, D., Seamans J.K., & Sejnowski, T.J. (2000) Dopamine-mediated stabilization of delay-period activity in a network model of prefrontal cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology 83, 1733-1750. Download preprint.

Durstewitz, D., Kelc, M., Güntürkün, O. (1999) A neurocomputational theory of the dopaminergic modulation of working memory functions. Journal of Neuroscience 19, 2807-2822. Download preprint.

Durstewitz, D., Kröner, S., & Güntürkün, O. (1999) The dopaminergic innervation of the avian telencephalon. Progress in Neurobiology 59: 161-195. Download preprint.

Durstewitz, D., Kröner, S., Hemmings, H.C., & Güntürkün, O. (1998) The dopaminergic innervation of the pigeon telencephalon: distribution of DARPP-32 and co-occurrence with glutamate decarboxylase and tyrosine hydroxylase. Neuroscience 83, 763-779.



Balaguer-Ballester 


Balaguer-Ballester E., Clark, N., Coath, M., Krumholz, K.  and Denham, S. L. (2009). Understanding Pitch Perception as a Hierarchical Generative Procces with Top-Down Modulation. PLOS Computational Biology, 5(3): e1000301. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000301.  Download. Software download. 

Balaguer-Ballester, E., Denham, S. L. and Meddis, R. (2008). A cascade autocorrelation model of pitch perception. Journal of the Acoustic Society of America: 124: 2186-2195. Download preprint. Software download.

Balaguer-Ballester, E., Coath, M. and Denham, S. L. (2007) A model of perceptual segregation based on clustering the time series of the simulated auditory nerve firing probability. Biological Cybernetics 97: 479-491. Download preprint.


Coath, M., Balaguer-Ballester E., and Denham, S. L. (2007) The linearity of emergent spectrotemporal receptive fields in a model of auditory cortex. Biosystems 89: 182-189. Download preprint.

Gómez-Pérez G., Martín-Guerrero J. D., Soria-Olivas, E., Balaguer-Ballester, E., Palomares, E. and Casariego, N. (2009) Assigning discounts in a marketing campaign by using reinforcement learning
and neural networks. Expert Systems with Applications. 36: 8022-8031 Download preprint.

Balaguer-Ballester, E., Soria, E.Palomares, A. and Martín, J. (2007) Predicting Service Request in Support Centres based on Nonlinear dynamics, ARMA Modelling and Neural Networks. Expert Systems with Applications 34: 665-672. Download preprint.

Martín-Guerrero, J. D., Lisboa, Paulo J.G., Palomares-Chust, A., Soria, E. and Balaguer-Ballester, E., (2007). An approach based on Adaptive Resonance Theory for analyzing the viability of recommender systems in a citizen Web portal. Expert Systems with Applications 33: 743-753. Download preprint.

Martín-Guerrero, J. D., Soria, E., Gómez-Sanchis, J., Soriano-Asensi, A., Palomares, A. and Balaguer-Ballester, E., (2006) Studying the feasibility of a recommender in a citizen Web Portal based on user modelling and clustering algorithm. Expert Systems with Applications: 30: 299-312. Download preprint.

Balaguer-Ballester, E., Camps-Valls, G., Carrasco-Rodriguez, J.L., Soria E. and del Valle- Tascon, S., (2002) Effective one-day ahead prediction of hourly surface ozone concentrations in eastern Spain using linear models and neural networks. Ecological Modeling 156: 27-41. Download preprint.


Balaguer-Ballester, E., Clark, N., Coath, M., Krumbholz, K. and Denham, S. L. (2010). Understanding Pitch Perception as a Hierarchical Process with Top-Down Modulation. In Auditory Physiology, Perception and Models, Lopez-Poveda, E, Palmer, A. and Meddis, R.Eds.  New York: Springer.


Denham, S.L., Dura-Bernal, S., Balaguer-Ballester, E., Coath, M. (2010). Neurocomputational models of perceptual organisation. In Winkler, I. and Czigler, I. (ed.s), Unconscious memory representations in perception: Processes and mechanisms in the brain, in the series ‘Advances in Consciousness’, Winkler, I. and Czigler, I., Eds. John Benjamins, NY.


Martín Guerrero, J. D., Balaguer Ballester, E., Camps i Valls, G., Palomares Chust, A., Serrano López A. J., Gómez Sanchís, J. and Soria Olivas, E. (2004). Machine Learning Methods for One-Session Ahead Prediction of Accesses to Page Categories. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 3137: 420-424.

Balaguer-Ballester, E., Soria, E., Carrasco-Rodriguez, J. L. and del Valle-Tascon, S., (2001). Prediction of surface ozone concentrations 24 hours in advance using neural networks. In Advances in Neural Networks and Applications pp. 212-218.