Miguel A. Nicolelis, Duke School of Medicine Distinguished Professor in Neuroscience

Miguel A. Nicolelis
Contact Info:
Office Location:  GSRBII 210 Research Drive, Box 103905 Room 4028, Durham, NC 27710
Email Address:   send me a message
Web Page:   http://www.pbs.duke.edu/~nicoleli

Education:

Ph.D.University of Sao Paulo (Brazil)1988
M.D.University of Sao Paulo (Brazil)1984
Specialties:

Neural Prosthesis
Representative Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

  1. Nicolelis, MAL (2003). Brain-machine interfaces to restore motor function and probe neural circuits.. Nature Reviews. Neuroscience, 4(5), 417-422. [12728268], [doi]
  2. Nicolelis, MAL (2002). The amazing adventures of robotrat.. Trends Cogn Sci, 6(11), 449-450. [12457887], [doi]  [abs]
  3. Nicolelis, MAL; Chapin, JK (2002). Controlling robots with the mind.. Scientific American, 287(4), 46-53. [12271524], [doi]
  4. Nicolelis, MAL; Ribeiro, S (2002). Multielectrode recordings: the next steps.. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 12(5), 602-606. [12367642], [doi]  [abs]
  5. Katz, DB; Nicolelis, MAL; Simon, SA (2002). Gustatory processing is dynamic and distributed.. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 12(4), 448-454. [12139994], [doi]  [abs]
  6. Nicolelis, MAL; Fanselow, EE (2002). Thalamocortical [correction of Thalamcortical] optimization of tactile processing according to behavioral state.. Nature Neuroscience, 5(6), 517-523. [12037519], [doi]  [abs]
  7. Nicolelis, MAL (2002). Depression at thalamocortical synapses: the key for cortical neuronal adaptation?. Neuron, 34(3), 331-332. [11988163], [doi]  [abs]
  8. Katz, DB; Simon, SA; Nicolelis, MAL (2002). Taste-specific neuronal ensembles in the gustatory cortex of awake rats.. Journal of Neuroscience, 22(5), 1850-1857. [11880514], [doi]  [abs]
  9. Shuler, MG; Krupa, DJ; Nicolelis, MAL (2002). Integration of bilateral whisker stimuli in rats: role of the whisker barrel cortices.. Cerebral Cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), 12(1), 86-97. [11734535], [doi]  [abs]
  10. Nicolelis MAL, Fanselow EE (2002) Dynamic shifting in thalamocortical processing during different behavior.  Phil Trans R Soc Lond B 357: 1753-1758..
  11. Das, A; Franca, JG; Gattass, R; Kaas, JH; Nicolelis, MA; Timo-Iaria, C; Vargas, CD; Weinberger, NM; Volchan, E (2001). The brain decade in debate: VI. Sensory and motor maps: dynamics and plasticity.. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research = Revista Brasileira De Pesquisas Medicas E Biologicas, 34(12), 1497-1508. [11717702], [doi]  [abs]
  12. Fanselow, EE; Sameshima, K; Baccala, LA; Nicolelis, MA (2001). Thalamic bursting in rats during different awake behavioral states.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 98(26), 15330-15335. [11752471], [doi]  [abs]
  13. Ghazanfar, AA; Krupa, DJ; Nicolelis, MA (2001). Role of cortical feedback in the receptive field structure and nonlinear response properties of somatosensory thalamic neurons.. Experimental Brain Research, 141(1), 88-100. [11685413], [doi]  [abs]
  14. Kralik, JD; Dimitrov, DF; Krupa, DJ; Katz, DB; Cohen, D; Nicolelis, MA (2001). Techniques for long-term multisite neuronal ensemble recordings in behaving animals.. Methods (San Diego, Calif.), 25(2), 121-150. [11812202], [doi]  [abs]
  15. Krupa, DJ; Matell, MS; Brisben, AJ; Oliveira, LM; Nicolelis, MA (2001). Behavioral properties of the trigeminal somatosensory system in rats performing whisker-dependent tactile discriminations.. Journal of Neuroscience, 21(15), 5752-5763. [11466447], [doi]  [abs]
  16. Shuler, MG; Krupa, DJ; Nicolelis, MA (2001). Bilateral integration of whisker information in the primary somatosensory cortex of rats.. Journal of Neuroscience, 21(14), 5251-5261. [11438600], [doi]  [abs]
  17. Katz, DB; Simon, SA; Nicolelis, MA (2001). Dynamic and multimodal responses of gustatory cortical neurons in awake rats.. Journal of Neuroscience, 21(12), 4478-4489. [11404435], [doi]  [abs]
  18. Ghazanfar, AA; Nicolelis, MA (2001). Feature article: the structure and function of dynamic cortical and thalamic receptive fields.. Cerebral Cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), 11(3), 183-193. [11230091], [doi]  [abs]
  19. Krupa, DJ; Brisben, AJ; Nicolelis, MA (2001). A multi-channel whisker stimulator for producing spatiotemporally complex tactile stimuli.. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 104(2), 199-208. [11164246], [doi]  [abs]
  20. Katz DB, Simon SA, Nicolelis MAL (2001) Electrophysiological studies of gustation in awake rats. In: Methods in Chemosensory Research (Methods and New Frontiers in Neuroscience Series, M.A.L. Nicolelis and S.A. Simon, eds.) CRC Press, pp. 339-357..
  21. Nicolelis MAL. Actions from thoughts.  Nature.  2001 Jan 18;409 Suppl:403-407..
  22. Nicolelis, MA; Shuler, M (2001). Thalamocortical and corticocortical interactions in the somatosensory system.. Progress in Brain Research, 130, 90-110. [11480292], [doi]
  23. Faneslow EE, Reid AP, Nicolelis MAL (2000)  Reduction of pentylenetetrazole-induced seizure activity in awake rats by seizure-triggered trigeminal nerve stimulation. J Neurosci 20: 8160-8168..
  24. Ghazanfar AA, Nicolelis MAL (2000) The space-time continuum in mammalian sensory pathways. In: Time and the Brain (R. Miller, ed.) Harwood Academic Publishers, Sidney, Australia, pp. 97-130..
  25. Ghazanfar AA, Stambaugh CR, Nicolelis MAL (2000) Encoding of tactile stimulus location by somatosensory thalamocortical ensembles. J Neurosci 20: 3761-3775..
  26. Katz DB, Nicolelis MAL, Simon SA (2000) There is more to taste than meets the tongue. Am J Physiol 278: G6-G9..
  27. Krupa DJ, Nicolelis MAL (2000) Network level properties of short-term plasticity in the somatosensory system. Prog Brain Res 128:161-172..
  28. Laubach M, Wessberg J, Nicolelis MAL (2000) Cortical ensemble activity increasingly predicts behavioral outcomes during learning of a motor task. Nature 405: 567-571..
  29. Wessberg J,  Stambaugh CR,  Kralik JD,  Beck PD,  Laubach M, Chapin JK,  Kim J,  Biggs SJ, Srinivasan MA, Nicolelis MAL (2000) Real-time prediction of hand trajectory by ensembles of cortical neurons in primates. Nature 408: 361-365..
  30. Chapin JK, Nicolelis MAL (1999) Principal component analysis of neuronal ensemble activity reveals multidimensional sensory representations. J Neurosci Meth 94: 121-140..
  31. Chapin JK,  Markowitz RS,  Moxon KA, Nicolelis MAL (1999) Real-time control of a robot arm using simultaneously recorded neurons in the motor cortex. Nature Neurosci 2: 664-670..
  32. Fanselow E, Nicolelis MAL (1999) Behavioral modulation of tactile responses in the rat somatosensory system. J Neurosci 19: 7603-7616..
  33. Ghazanfar AA, Nicolelis MAL (1999) Spatiotemporal properties of layer V neurons in the rat primary somatosensory cortex. Cerebral Cortex 9: 348-361..
  34. Katz DB, Simon SA, Nicolelis MAL  (1999) Simultaneous reorganization in thalamcortical ensembles evolves over several hours after perioral capsaicin injections. J Neurophysiol 82: 963-977..
  35. Krupa DJ, Ghazanfar AA, Nicolelis MAL (1999) Immediate thalamic sensory plasticity depends on corticothalamic feedback. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 96: 8200-8205..
  36. Laubach M, Shuler M, Nicolelis MAL (1999) Independent component analyses for quantifying neuronal ensemble interactions. J Neurosci Meth 94: 141-154..
  37. Nicolelis MAL, Ghazanfar AA, Oliveira LMO, Chapin JK, Nelson R, Kaas JH (1998) Simultaneous encoding of tactile information by three primate cortical areas. Nature Neurosci 1: 621-630..
  38. Faggin B, Ngyuen KT, Nicolelis MAL (1997)  Immediate and simultaneous plastic reorganization at multiple levels of the somatosensory system.  Proc Natl Acad Soc USA 94:9428-9433..
  39. Ghazanfar AA,  Nicolelis MAL (1997)  Non-linear processing of tactile information in the thalamocortical loop.  J Neurophysiol 78:506-510..
  40. Lin CS, Nicolelis MAL, Chapin JK (1997) Topography and laminar organization of the incertocortical pathway in rats.  Neuroscience 81: 641-651..
  41. Nicolelis MAL (1997)  Dynamic and distributed somatosensory organization as the substrate for cortical and subcortical plasticity. Seminars in Neurosciences 9:24-33..
  42. Nicolelis MAL, Fanselow E, Ghazanfar AA (1997) Hebb's dream:  The resurgence of cell assemblies.  Neuron 19(2):219-221..
  43. Nicolelis MAL, Ghazanfar AA, Faggin B, Votaw S, Oliveira LMO (1997) Reconstructing the engram:  simultaneous, multiple site, many single neuron recordings. Neuron 18:529-537.
  44. Nicolelis MAL, Lin RCS, Chapin JK (1997)  Neonatal whisker removal reduces the discrimination of tactile stimuli by thalamic ensembles in adult rats.  J Neurophysiol 78: 1691-1706..
  45. Chapin JK, Nicolelis MAL (1996) Neural network mechanisms of oscillatory brain states: characterization using simultaneous multi-single neuron recordings., In: Continuous waveform analysis, R.M. Basheiss and D.J. Vicent (eds). Electroenceph Clin Neurophysiol, suppl 45, pp 113-122..
  46. Lin RCS, Nicolelis MAL, Zhou HL, Chapin JK (1996) Calbindin-containing, non-specific thalamocortical projecting neurons in the rat. Brain Research 711: 50-55..
  47. Nicolelis MAL (1996)  Beyond maps: A dynamic view of the somatosensory system. Braz J Med Biol Res 29: 401-412..
  48. Nicolelis MAL, Oliveira LMO, Lin RCS, Chapin JK (1996) Active tactile exploration influences the functional maturation of the somatosensory system. J Neurophysiol 17: 2192-2196..
  49. Chapin JK, Nicolelis MAL (1995)  Beyond single unit recording: Characterizing neural information in networks of simultaneously recorded neurons.  In: Scale in Conscious Experience, eds. J. King and K.H. Pribram.  Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc., New Jersey, pp. 133-153..
  50. Nicolelis MAL, Baccala LA, Lin RCS, Chapin JK  (1995) Sensorimotor encoding by synchronous neural ensemble activity at multiple levels of the somatosensory system. Science 268: 1353-1358..
  51. Nicolelis MAL, Chapin JK, Lin RCS (1995)  Development of the direct projections from the zona incerta to the primary somatosensory cortex in rats.  Neurosci 65: 609-631..
  52. Bennett-Clarke CA, Nicolelis MAL, Jacquin MF (1994) Proceedings of a satellite symposium of the 1993 Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Somat Mot Res 11: 197-204..
  53. Nicolelis MAL, Chapin JK (1994) Spatiotemporal structure of somatosensory responses of many-neuron ensembles in the rat ventral posterior medial nucleus of the thalamus. J Neurosci 14: 3511-3532..
  54. Nicolelis MAL, Lin RCS, Woodward DJ, Chapin JK (1993) Dynamic and distributed properties of many-neuron ensembles in the ventral posterior medial (VPM) thalamus of awake rats. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 90: 2212-2216..
  55. Nicolelis MAL, Lin RCS, Woodward DJ, Chapin JK (1993) Peripheral block of ascending cutaneous information induces immediate spatiotemporal changes in thalamic networks. Nature 361: 533-536..
  56. Lin CS,  Nicolelis MAL, Schneider JS, Chapin JK (1990) A major direct GABAergic pathway from zona incerta to neocortex. Science 248: 1553-1556..