Publications by Michael Avermann

Connection-type-specific biases make uniform random network models consistent with cortical recordings

Wulfram Gerstner, Carl Petersen, Michael Avermann, Tim Vogels, Christian Tomm

Uniform random sparse network architectures are ubiquitous in computational neuroscience, but the implicit hypothesis that they are a good representation of real neuronal networks has been met with skepticism. Here we used two experimental data sets, a stu ...

American Physiological Society2014

Parameter extraction and classification of three cortical neuron types reveals two distinct adaptation mechanisms

Wulfram Gerstner, Carl Petersen, Richard Naud, Skander Mensi, Christian Antonio Pozzorini, Michael Avermann

Mensi S, Naud R, Pozzorini C, Avermann M, Petersen CCH, Gerstner W. Parameter extraction and classification of three cortical neuron types reveals two distinct adaptation mechanisms. J Neurophysiol 107: 1756-1775, 2012. First published December 7, 2011; do ...

American Physiological Society2012

Microcircuits of excitatory and inhibitory neurons in layer 2/3 of mouse barrel cortex

Wulfram Gerstner, Carl Petersen, Céline Matéo, Michael Avermann, Christian Tomm

Avermann M, Tomm C, Mateo C, Gerstner W, Petersen CC. Microcircuits of excitatory and inhibitory neurons in layer 2/3 of mouse barrel cortex. J Neurophysiol 107: 3116-3134, 2012. First published March 7, 2012; doi:10.1152/jn.00917.2011.-Synaptic interactio ...

American Physiological Society2012

Analysis of Neuronal Microcircuits in L2/3 of Mouse Barrel Cortex

Michael Avermann

Neocortical microcircuits are thought to contribute importantly to the sophisticated processing abilities of the mammalian brain. Neurons within the neocortex communicate with each other through releasing the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate or the in ...

EPFL2011

In Vivo Optogenetic Stimulation of Neocortical Excitatory Neurons Drives Brain-State-Dependent Inhibition

Carl Petersen, Céline Matéo, Michael Avermann

Background: Synaptic interactions between excitatory and inhibitory neocortical neurons are important for mammalian sensory perception. Synaptic transmission between identified neurons within neocortical microcircuits has mainly been studied in brain slice ...

Elsevier2011

Membrane potential dynamics of GABAergic neurons in the barrel cortex of behaving mice

Carl Petersen, Michael Avermann, Ferenc Mátyás

Computations in cortical circuits are mediated by synaptic interactions between excitatory and inhibitory neurons, and yet we know little about their activity in awake animals. Here, through single and dual whole-cell recordings combined with two-photon mi ...

Elsevier2010