Thierry Bal
Email: thierry.bal [at] unic.cnrs-gif.fr
Homepage: http://www.unic.cnrs-gif.fr
Tel: +33 (0) 1698241XXXX
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Publications
Articles (39)
2009
Sami El Boustani, Olivier Marre, Sébastien Béhuret, Pierre Baudot, Pierre Yger, Thierry Bal, Alain Destexhe and Yves Frégnac, Network-state modulation of power-law frequency-scaling in visual cortical neurons, PLoS Computational Biology : , (2009) [pdf] [abstract]
Martin Pospischil, Zuzanna Piwkowska, Thierry Bal and Alain Destexhe, EXTRACTING SYNAPTIC CONDUCTANCES FROM SINGLE MEMBRANE POTENTIAL TRACES, Neuroscience 158: 545-552, (2009) [pdf] [abstract]
Martin Pospischil, Zuzanna Piwkowska, Thierry Bal and Alain Destexhe, Characterizing neuronal activity by describing the membrane potential as a stochastic process, Journal of Physiology - Paris : , (2009) [pdf] [abstract]
2008
Romain Brette, Zuzanna Piwkowska, Cyril Monier, Michelle Rudolph, Julien Fournier, Manuel Levy, Yves Frégnac, Thierry Bal and Alain Destexhe, High-Resolution Intracellular Recordings Using a Real-Time Computational Model of the Electrode, Neuron : , (2008) [pdf] [abstract]
Martin Pospischil, Maria Toledo-Rodriguez, Cyril Monier, Zuzanna Piwkowska, Thierry Bal, Yves Frégnac, H Markram and Alain Destexhe, Minimal Hodgkin–Huxley type models for different classes of cortical and thalamic neurons, Biological Cibernetics 99: 427-441, (2008) [pdf] [abstract]
2007
Romain Brette, Zuzanna Piwkowska, Michelle Rudolph, Thierry Bal and Alain Destexhe, A nonparametric electrode model for intracellular recording, Neurocomputing 70: 1597-1601, (2007) [pdf] [abstract]
Martin Pospischil, Zuzanna Piwkowska, Michelle Rudolph, Thierry Bal and Alain Destexhe, Calculating event-triggered average synaptic conductances from the membrane potential, J Neurophysiol 97: 2544-52, (2007) [pdf] [abstract]
Martin Pospischil, Zuzanna Piwkowska, Michelle Rudolph, Thierry Bal and Alain Destexhe, Inhibitory conductance dynamics in cortical neurons during activated states, Neurocomputing 70: 1602-1604, (2007) [pdf] [abstract]
Zuzanna Piwkowska, Martin Pospischil, Romain Brette, Julia Sliwa, Michelle Rudolph, Thierry Bal and Alain Destexhe, Characterizing synaptic conductance fluctuations in cortical neurons and their influence on spike generation, Journal of Neuroscience Methods 169: 302-322, (2007) [pdf] [abstract]
2006
M Badoual, Quan Zou, Andrew Davison, Michelle Rudolph, Thierry Bal, Yves Frégnac and Alain Destexhe, Biophysical and phenomenological models of multiple spike interactions in spike-timing dependent plasticity, Int J Neural Syst 16: 79-97, (2006) [pdf] [abstract]
2005
Jakob Wolfart, Damien Debay, G Le Masson, Alain Destexhe and Thierry Bal, Synaptic background activity controls spike transfer from thalamus to cortex, Nat Neurosci 8: 1760-7, (2005) [pdf] [abstract]
M Badoual, Michelle Rudolph, Zuzanna Piwkowska, Alain Destexhe and Thierry Bal, High discharge variability in neurons driven by current noise, Neurocomputing 65: 493-498, (2005) [pdf] [abstract]
2004
Zuzanna Piwkowska, Michelle Rudolph, M Badoual, Alain Destexhe and Thierry Bal, Re-creating active states in vitro with a dynamic-clamp protocol, Neurocomputing : 55-60, (2004) [pdf] [abstract]
L Alvado, J Tomas, S Saïghi, S Renaud, Thierry Bal, Alain Destexhe and G Le Masson, Hardware computation of conductance-based neuron models, Neurocomputing 58: 109-115, (2004) [pdf] [abstract]
Michelle Rudolph, Zuzanna Piwkowska, M Badoual, Thierry Bal and Alain Destexhe, A method to estimate synaptic conductances from membrane potential fluctuations, J Neurophysiol 91: 2884-96, (2004) [pdf] [abstract]
Alain Destexhe, M Badoual, Zuzanna Piwkowska, Thierry Bal and Michelle Rudolph, A novel method for characterizing synaptic noise in cortical neurons, Neurocomputing 58: 191-196, (2004) [pdf] [abstract]
Damien Debay, Jakob Wolfart, Y Le Franc, G Le Masson and Thierry Bal, Exploring spike transfer through the thalamus using hybrid artificial-biological neuronal networks, J Physiol Paris 98: 540-58, (2004) [pdf] [abstract]
Yves Frégnac, Thierry Bal and Kirsty Grant, From neuronal assemblies to cyborgs, Journal of Physiology - Paris 98: 293-295, (2004) [pdf]
2003
Y Shu, A Hasenstaub, M Badoual, Thierry Bal and DA McCormick, Barrages of synaptic activity control the gain and sensitivity of cortical neurons, J Neurosci 23: 10388-401, (2003) [abstract]
DA McCormick, Y Shu, A Hasenstaub, M Sanchez-Vives, M Badoual and Thierry Bal, Persistent cortical activity: mechanisms of generation and effects on neuronal excitability, Cereb Cortex 13: 1219-31, (2003) [abstract]
2002
G Le Masson, S Renaud-Le Masson, Damien Debay and Thierry Bal, Feedback inhibition controls spike transfer in hybrid thalamic circuits, Nature 417: 854-8, (2002) [abstract]
2001
Damien Debay, Alain Destexhe and Thierry Bal, Corticothalamic feedback can induce hypersynchronous low-frequency rhythms in the physiologically intact thalamus, Neurocomputing 38: 529-538, (2001) [pdf]
2000
Thierry Bal, Damien Debay and Alain Destexhe, Cortical feedback controls the frequency and synchrony of oscillations in the visual thalamus, J Neurosci 20: 7478-88, (2000) [pdf] [abstract]
1999
G Le Masson, A Laflaquiere, Thierry Bal and G Le Masson, Analog circuits for modeling biological neural networks: design and applications, IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 46: 638-45, (1999) [abstract]
1998
A Luthi, Thierry Bal and DA McCormick, Periodicity of thalamic spindle waves is abolished by ZD7288,a blocker of Ih, J Neurophysiol 79: 3284-9, (1998) [abstract]
1997
Thierry Bal and DA McCormick, Synchronized oscillations in the inferior olive are controlled by the hyperpolarization-activated cation current I(h), J Neurophysiol 77: 3145-56, (1997) [abstract]
M Sanchez-Vives, Thierry Bal and DA McCormick, Inhibitory interactions between perigeniculate GABAergic neurons, J Neurosci 17: 8894-908, (1997) [abstract]
DA McCormick and Thierry Bal, Sleep and arousal: thalamocortical mechanisms, Annu Rev Neurosci 20: 185-215, (1997) [abstract]
1996
M Sanchez-Vives, Thierry Bal, U Kim, M von Krosigk and DA McCormick, Are the interlaminar zones of the ferret dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus actually part of the perigeniculate nucleus, J Neurosci 16: 5923-41, (1996) [abstract]
Alain Destexhe, Thierry Bal, DA McCormick and TJ Sejnowski, Ionic mechanisms underlying synchronized oscillations and propagating waves in a model of ferret thalamic slices, J Neurophysiol 76: 2049-70, (1996) [abstract]
Thierry Bal and DA McCormick, What stops synchronized thalamocortical oscillations, Neuron 17: 297-308, (1996) [abstract]
1995
Thierry Bal, M von Krosigk and DA McCormick, Role of the ferret perigeniculate nucleus in the generation of synchronized oscillations in vitro, J Physiol 483 ( Pt 3): 665-85, (1995) [abstract]
Thierry Bal, M von Krosigk and DA McCormick, Synaptic and membrane mechanisms underlying synchronized oscillations in the ferret lateral geniculate nucleus in vitro, J Physiol 483 ( Pt 3): 641-63, (1995) [abstract]
U Kim, Thierry Bal and DA McCormick, Spindle waves are propagating synchronized oscillations in the ferret LGNd in vitro, J Neurophysiol 74: 1301-23, (1995) [abstract]
1994
Thierry Bal, F Nagy and M Moulins, Muscarinic modulation of a pattern-generating network: control of neuronal properties, J Neurosci 14: 3019-35, (1994) [abstract]
DA McCormick and Thierry Bal, Sensory gating mechanisms of the thalamus, Curr Opin Neurobiol 4: 550-6, (1994) [abstract]
1993
M von Krosigk, Thierry Bal and DA McCormick, Cellular mechanisms of a synchronized oscillation in the thalamus, Science 261: 361-4, (1993) [abstract]
Thierry Bal and DA McCormick, Mechanisms of oscillatory activity in guinea-pig nucleus reticularis thalami in vitro: a mammalian pacemaker, J Physiol 468: 669-91, (1993) [abstract]
1988
Thierry Bal, Frédéric Nagy and Maurice Moulins, The pyloric pattern generator in crustacea: a set of conditional neuronal oscillators, J. Comp. Physiol. A, : 715-727: 163, (1988)
Teaching (4)
2002
Thierry Bal, Réseaux biologiques et réseaux hybrides, in VIIth School of Neuroscience (Montevideo, Uruguay) , (2002)
2001
Thierry Bal, Réseaux biologiques et réseaux hybrides, in Programme PhD de biologie et medecine (Institut Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal) , (2001)
1998
Yves Frégnac and Thierry Bal, Neurosciences Intégratives et Computationnelles, in DEA Interface Physique - Biologie (Paris XI), (1998)
Yves Frégnac and Thierry Bal, Dynamique de Réseaux Neuronaux, in DEA de Neurosciences et DEA de Sciences Cognitives (Paris VI) , (1998)
Presentations (5)
2007
Thierry Bal, Synaptic “noise” in a model thalamocortical network increases information transfer from sensory input to cortex. , Invited Talk At: Neural Coding 2007, 7th international neural coding workshop, (Montevideo (Uruguay)) (2007)
Thierry Bal, Modulation des messages sensoriels selon les états de vigilance. Modélisation par des circuits hybrides : neurone biologique + machine. , Invited Talk At: Groupes de réflexion « Cerveaux et Machines », (Les Clayes-sous-Bois (France)) (2007)
2006
Thierry Bal, The influence of synaptic background activity on the spike transfer from thalamus to cortex, Invited Talk At: 29th European Conference on Visual Perception, (St. Petersburg (Russia)) (2006)
Thierry Bal, Spike transfer properties of thalamic neurons in ‘hybrid neurons ‘ in vitro, Invited Talk At: . Latsis symposium "Dynamical principles for neuroscience and intelligent biomimetic devices, (Lausanne (Switzerland)) (2006)
Thierry Bal, Le neurone cortical dans un réseau actif : développements et applications de techniques d’enregistrements intracellulaires couplées à la modélisation en temps réel., Invited Talk At: Journées de l’Ecole Doctorale “Cerveau Cognition Comportement, (Roscoff (France)) (2006)
