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The Faculty of Medicine - Medical Neurobiology: Vaadia Eilon

Researchers

Last updated September 2023 - Medical Neurobiology

List of Publications

(1) Farajian M, Leib R, Kossowsky H, Zaidenberg T, Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Nisky I, et al. Stretching the skin immediately enhances perceived stiffness and gradually enhances the predictive control of grip force. eLife 2020;9.

(2) Peles O, Werner-Reiss U, Bergman H, Israel Z, Vaadia E. Phase-Specific Microstimulation Differentially Modulates Beta Oscillations and Affects Behavior. Cell Rep 2020;30(8):2555-2566.e3.

(3) Lalazar H, Abbott LF, Vaadia E. Tuning Curves for Arm Posture Control in Motor Cortex Are Consistent with Random Connectivity. PLoS Comput Biol 2016;12(5).

(4) Engelhard B, Vaadia E. Spatial computation with gamma oscillations. Front Syst Neurosci 2014;8(SEP).

(5) Engelhard B, Ozeri N, Israel Z, Bergman H, Vaadia E. Inducing Gamma Oscillations and Precise Spike Synchrony by Operant Conditioning via Brain-Machine Interface. Neuron 2013;77(2):361-375.

(6) Taubman H, Vaadia E, Paz R, Chechik G. A Bayesian approach for characterizing direction tuning curves in the supplementary motor area of behaving monkeys. J Neurophysiol 2013;109(11):2842-2851.

(7) Levy-Tzedek S, Novick I, Arbel R, Abboud S, Maidenbaum S, Vaadia E, et al. Cross-sensory transfer of sensory-motor information: Visuomotor learning affects performance on an audiomotor task, using sensory-substitution. Sci Rep 2012;2.

(8) Zach N, Inbar D, Grinvald Y, Vaadia E. Single neurons in M1 and premotor cortex directly reflect behavioral interference. PLoS ONE 2012;7(3).

(9) Rosin B, Slovik M, Mitelman R, Rivlin-Etzion M, Haber S, Israel Z, et al. Closed-loop deep brain stimulation is superior in ameliorating parkinsonism. Neuron 2011;72(2):370-384.

(10) Novick I, Vaadia E. Just do it: Action-dependent learning allows sensory prediction. PLoS ONE 2011;6(10).

(11) Eisenberg M, Shmuelof L, Vaadia E, Zohary E. The representation of visual and motor aspects of reaching movements in the human motor cortex. J Neurosci 2011;31(34):12377-12384.

(12) Mandelblat-Cerf Y, Novick I, Vaadia E. Expressions of multiple neuronal dynamics during sensorimotor learning in the motor cortex of behaving monkeys. PLoS ONE 2011;6(7).

(13) Braun DA, Aertsen A, Paz R, Vaadia E, Rotter S, Mehring C. Online adaptation and over-trial learning in macaque visuomotor control. Front Comput Neurosci 2011;5.

(14) Mandelblat-Cerf Y, Novick I, Paz R, Link Y, Freeman S, Vaadia E. The neuronal basis of long-term sensorimotor learning. J Neurosci 2011;31(1):300-313.

(15) Arce F, Novick I, Mandelblat-Cerf Y, Vaadia E. Neuronal correlates of memory formation in motor cortex after adaptation to force field. J Neurosci 2010;30(27):9189-9198.

(16) Eisenberg M, Shmuelof L, Vaadia E, Zohary E. Functional organization of human motor cortex: Directional selectivity for movement. J Neurosci 2010;30(26):8897-8905.

(17) Arce F, Novick I, Mandelblat-Cerf Y, Israel Z, Ghez C, Vaadia E. Combined adaptiveness of specific motor cortical ensembles underlies learning. J Neurosci 2010;30(15):5415-5425.

(18) Arce F, Novick I, Vaadia E. Discordant tasks and motor adjustments affect interactions between adaptations to altered kinematics and dynamics. Front Human Neurosci 2010;3(JAN).

(19) Mandelblat-Cerf Y, Paz R, Vaadia E. Trial-to-trial variability of single cells in motor cortices is dynamically modified during visuomotor adaptation. J Neurosci 2009;29(48):15053-15062.

(20) Kernel-Arma for hand tracking and Brain-Machine Interfacing during 3D motor control. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 21 - Proceedings of the 2008 Conference; 2009.

(21) Vaadia E, Birbaumer N. Grand challenges of brain computer interfaces in the years to come. Front Neurosci 2009;3(SEP):151-154.

(22) Paz R, Vaadia E. Learning from learning: What can visuomotor adaptations tell us about the neuronal representation of movement? Adv Exp Med Biol 2009;629:221-242.

(23) Joshua M, Adler A, Prut Y, Vaadia E, Wickens JR, Bergman H. Synchronization of Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons Is Enhanced by Rewarding Events. Neuron 2009;62(5):695-704.

(24) Globerson A, Stark E, Vaadia E, Tishby N. The minimum information principle and its application to neural code analysis (Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2009) 106, 9, (3490-3495) doi: 10.1073/pnas.0806782106). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009;106(10):4061.

(25) Globerson A, Stark E, Vaadia E, Tishby N. The minimum information principle and its application to neural code analysis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009;106(9):3490-3495.

(26) Joshua M, Adler A, Rosin B, Vaadia E, Bergman H. Encoding of probabilistic rewarding and aversive events by pallidal and nigral neurons. J Neurophysiol 2009;101(2):758-772.

(27) Arce F, Novick I, Shahar M, Link Y, Ghez C, Vaadia E. Differences in context and feedback result in different trajectories and adaptation strategies in reaching. PLoS ONE 2009;4(1).

(28) Lalazar H, Vaadia E. Neural basis of sensorimotor learning: modifying internal models. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2008;18(6):573-581.

(29) Joshua M, Adler A, Mitelman R, Vaadia E, Bergman H. Midbrain dopaminergic neurons and striatal cholinergic interneurons encode the difference between reward and aversive events at different epochs of probabilistic classical conditioning trials. J Neurosci 2008;28(45):11673-11684.

(30) Zach N, Inbar D, Grinvald Y, Bergman H, Vaadia E. Emergence of novel representations in primary motor cortex and premotor neurons during associative learning. J Neurosci 2008;28(38):9545-9556.

(31) Rivlin-Etzion M, Marmor O, Saban G, Rosin B, Haber SN, Vaadia E, et al. Low-pass filter properties of basal ganglia-cortical-muscle loops in the normal and MPTP primate model of parkinsonism. J Neurosci 2008;28(3):633-649.

(32) Morris G, Nevet A, Arkadir D, Vaadia E, Bergman H. Midbrain dopamine neurons encode decisions for future action. Nat Neurosci 2006;9(8):1057-1063.

(33) Nearest neighbor based feature selection for regression and its application to neural activity. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems; 2005.

(34) Paz R, Natan C, Boraud T, Bergman H, Vaadia E. Emerging patterns of neuronal responses in supplementary and primary motor areas during sensorimotor adaptation. J Neurosci 2005;25(47):10941-10951.

(35) Zach N, Kanarek N, Inbar D, Grinvald Y, Milestein T, Vaadia E. Segregation between acquisition and long-term memory in sensorimotor learning. Eur J Neurosci 2005;22(9):2357-2362.

(36) Rickert J, Cardoso De Oliveira S, Vaadia E, Aertsen A, Rotter S, Mehring G. Encoding of movement direction in different frequency ranges of motor cortical local field potentials. J Neurosci 2005;25(39):8815-8824.

(37) Shpigelman L, Singer Y, Paz R, Vaadia E. Spikernels: Predicting arm movements by embedding population spike rate patterns in inner-product spaces. Neural Comp 2005;17(3):671-690.

(38) Paz R, Nathan C, Boraud T, Bergman H, Vaadia E. Acquisition and generalization of visuomotor transformations by nonhuman primates. Exp Brain Res 2005;161(2):209-219.

(39) A temporal kernel-based model for tracking hand-movements from neural activities. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems; 2005.

(40) Arkadir D, Morris G, Vaadia E, Bergman H. Independent coding of movement direction and reward prediction by single pallidal neurons. J Neurosci 2004;24(45):10047-10056.

(41) Paz R, Vaadia E. Learning-induced improvement in encoding and decoding of specific movement directions by neurons in the primary motor cortex. PloS Biol 2004;2(2).

(42) Bar-Gad I, Elias S, Vaadia E, Bergman H. Complex locking rather than complete cessation of neuronal activity in the globus pallidus of a 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-treated primate in response to pallidal microstimulation. J Neurosci 2004;24(33):7410-7419.

(43) Paz R, Wise SP, Vaadia E. Viewing and doing: Similar cortical mechanisms for perceptual and motor learning. Trends Neurosci 2004;27(8):496-503.

(44) Morris G, Arkadir D, Nevet A, Vaadia E, Bergman H. Coincident but distinct messages of midbrain dopamine and striatal tonically active neurons. Neuron 2004;43(1):133-143.

(45) Mehring C, Nawrot MP, De Oliveira SC, Vaadia E, Schulze-Bonhage A, Aertsen A, et al. Comparing information about arm movement direction in single channels of local and epicortical field potentials from monkey and human motor cortex. J Physiol Paris 2004;98(4-6 SPEC. ISS.):498-506.

(46) Paz R, Vaadia E. Specificity of sensorimotor learning and the neural code: Neuronal representations in the primary motor cortex. J Physiol Paris 2004;98(4-6 SPEC. ISS.):331-348.

(47) Goldberg JA, Rokni U, Boraud T, Vaadia E, Bergman H. Spike synchronization in the cortex-basal ganglia networks of parkinsonian primates reflects global dynamics of the local field potentials. J Neurosci 2004;24(26):6003-6010.

(48) Riehle A, Vaadia E. Motor cortex in voluntary movements: A distributed system for distributed functions. Motor Cortex in Voluntary Movements: A Distributed System for Distributed Functions; 2004. p. 1-426.

(49) Riehle A, Vaadia E. Preface. Motor Cortex in Voluntary Movements: A Distributed System for Distributed Functions 2004:xi-xiii.

(50) Vaadia E, de Oliveira SC. Neuronal representations of bimanual movements. Motor Cortex in Voluntary Movements: A Distributed System for Distributed Functions; 2004. p. 109-140.

(51) Mehring C, Rickert J, Vaadia E, De Oliveira SC, Aertsen A, Rotter S. Erratum: Inference of hand movements from local field potentials in monkey motor cortex (Nature Neuroscience (2003) 6 (1253-1254)). Nat Neurosci 2004;7(1):91.

(52) Rokni U, Steinberg O, Vaadia E, Sompolinsky H. Cortical Representation of Bimanual Movements. J Neurosci 2003;23(37):11577-11586.

(53) Paz R, Boraud T, Natan C, Bergman H, Vaadia E. Preparatory activity in motor cortex reflects learning of local visuomotor skills. Nat Neurosci 2003;6(8):882-890.

(54) Hints for a topographic map of tuning properties in primate motor cortex. International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER; 2003.

(55) Spikerneis: Embedding spiking neurons in inner-product spaces. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems; 2003.

(56) Mehring C, Rickert J, Vaadia E, De Oliveira SC, Aertsen A, Rotter S. Inference of hand movements from local field potentials in monkey motor cortex. Nat Neurosci 2003;6(12):1253-1254.

(57) Steinberg O, Donchin O, Gribova A, Cardoso de Oliveira S, Bergman H, Vaadia E. Neuronal populations in primary motor cortex encode bimanual arm movements. Eur J Neurosci 2002;15(8):1371-1380.

(58) Donchin O, Gribova A, Steinberg O, Mitz AR, Bergman H, Vaadia E. Single-unit activity related to bimanual arm movements in the primary and supplementary motor cortices. J Neurophysiol 2002;88(6):3498-3517.

(59) Goldberg JA, Boraud T, Maraton S, Haber SN, Vaadia E, Bergman H. Enhanced Synchrony among Primary Motor Cortex Neurons in the 1-Methyl-4-Phenyl-1,2,3,6-Tetrahydropyridine Primate Model of Parkinson's Disease. J Neurosci 2002;22(11):4639-4653.

(60) Gribova A, Donchin O, Bergman H, Vaadia E, Cardoso De Oliveira S. Timing of bimanual movements in human and non-human primates in relation to neuronal activity in primary motor cortex and supplementary motor area. Exp Brain Res 2002;146(3):322-335.

(61) Cardoso de Oliveira S, Gribova A, Donchin O, Bergman H, Vaadia E. Neural interactions between motor cortical hemispheres during bimanual and unimanual arm movements. Eur J Neurosci 2001;14(11):1881-1896.

(62) Del Prete V, Steinberg O, Treves A, Vaadia E. How much do they us to move? Neurocomputing 2001;38-40:1181-1184.

(63) Bar-Gad I, Ritov Y, Vaadia E, Bergman H. Failure in identification of overlapping spikes from multiple neuron activity causes artificial correlations. J Neurosci Methods 2001;107(1-2):1-13.

(64) Raz A, Frechter-Mazar V, Feingold A, Abeles M, Vaadia E, Bergman H. Activity of pallidal and striatal tonically active neurons is correlated in mptp-treated monkeys but not in normal monkeys. J Neurosci 2001;21(3).

(65) Donchin O, Gribova A, Steinberg O, Bergman H, Cardoso de Oliveira S, Vaadia E. Local field potentials related to bimanual movements in the primary and supplementary motor cortices. Exp Brain Res 2001;140(1):46-55.

(66) Raz A, Vaadia E, Bergman H. Firing patterns and correlations of spontaneous discharge of pallidal neurons in the normal and the tremulous 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine vervet model of parkinsonism. J Neurosci 2000;20(22):8559-8571.

(67) Vaadia E. Learning how the brain learns. Nature 2000;405(6786):523-525.

(68) Martignon L, Deco G, Laskey K, Diamond M, Freiwald W, Vaadia E. Neural coding: Higher-order temporal patterns in the neurostatistics of cell assemblies. Neural Comp 2000;12(11):2621-2653.

(69) Donchin O, Cardoso de Oliveira S, Vaadia E. Who tells one hand what the other is doing: The neurophysiology of bimanual movements. Neuron 1999;23(1):15-18.

(70) Slovin H, Abeles M, Vaadia E, Haalman I, Prut Y, Bergman H. Frontal cognitive impairments and saccadic deficits in low-dose MPTP- treated monkeys. J Neurophysiol 1999;81(2):858-874.

(71) Donchin O, Gribova A, Steinberg O, Bergman H, Vaadia E. Primary motor cortex is involved in bimanual coordination. Nature 1998;395(6699):274-278.

(72) Ahissar E, Abeles M, Ahissar M, Haidarliu S, Vaadia E. Hebbian-like functional plasticity in the auditory cortex of the behaving monkey. Neuropharmacology 1998;37(4-5):633-655.

(73) Reimann S, Fuster JM, Gierer A, Mayer-Kress G, Neumann T, Roelfsema P, et al. Group report: Emergent properties of natural and artificial systems. Z Naturforsch Sect C J Biosci 1998;53(7-8):770-774.

(74) Haalman I, Vaadia E. Emergence of spatio-temporal patterns in neuronal activity. Z Naturforsch Sect C J Biosci 1998;53(7-8):657-669.

(75) Prut Y, Vaadia E, Bergman H, Haalman I, Slovin H, Abeles M. Spatiotemporal structure of cortical activity: Properties and behavioral relevance. J Neurophysiol 1998;79(6):2857-2874.

(76) Bergman H, Feingold A, Nini A, Raz A, Slovin H, Abeles M, et al. Physiological aspects of information processing in the basal ganglia of normal and parkinsonian primates. Trends Neurosci 1998;21(1):32-38.

(77) Learning exact patterns of quasi-synchronization among spiking neurons from data on multi-unit recordings. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems; 1997.

(78) Haalman I, Vaadia E. Dynamics of neuronal interactions: Relation to behavior, firing rates, and distance between neurons. Hum Brain Mapp 1997;5(4):249-253.

(79) Seidemann E, Meilijson I, Abeles M, Bergman H, Vaadia E. Simultaneously recorded single units in the frontal cortex go through sequences of discrete and stable states in monkeys performing a delayed localization task. J Neurosci 1996;16(2):752-768.

(80) Martignon L, Schwarz A, Laskey K, Vaadia E. Detecting and measuring higher order synchronization among neurons: A Bayesian Approach. Lect Notes Comput Sci 1996;1112 LNCS:401-407.

(81) Raz A, Feingold A, Zelanskaya V, Vaadia E, Bergman H. Neuronal synchronization of tonically active neurons in the striatum of normal and parkinsonian primates. J Neurophysiol 1996;76(3):2083-2088.

(82) Abeles M, Bergman H, Gat I, Meilijson I, Seidemann E, Tishby N, et al. Cortical activity flips among quasi-stationary states. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1995;92(19):8616-8620.

(83) Vaadia E, Haalman I, Abeles M, Bergman H. Dynamics of neuronal interactions in monkey cortex in relation to behavioural events. Nature 1995;373(6514):515-518.

(84) Vaadia E, Aertsen A, Nelken I. 'Dynamics of neuronal interactions' cannot be explained by 'neuronal transients'. Proc R Soc B Biol Sci 1995;261(1362):407-410.

(85) Abeles M, Prut Y, Bergman H, Vaadia E. Synchronization in neuronal transmission and its importance for information processing. Prog Brain Res 1994;102(C):395-404.

(86) Nelken I, Prut Y, Vaadia E, Abeles M. In search of the best stimulus: An optimization procedure for finding efficient stimuli in the cat auditory cortex. Hear Res 1994;72(1-2):237-253.

(87) Nelken I, Prut Y, Vaadia E, Abeles M. Population responses to multifrequency sounds in the cat auditory cortex: One- and two-parameter families of sounds. Hear Res 1994;72(1-2):206-222.

(88) Abeles M, Bergman H, Margalit E, Vaadia E. Spatiotemporal firing patterns in the frontal cortex of behaving monkeys. J Neurophysiol 1993;70(4):1629-1638.

(89) Ahissar E, Vaadia E, Ahissar M, Bergman H, Arieli A, Abeles M. Dependence of cortical plasticity on correlated activity of single neurons and on behavioral context. Science 1992;257(5075):1412-1415.

(90) Ahissar M, Ahissar E, Bergman H, Vaadia E. Encoding of sound-source location and movement: Activity of single neurons and interactions between adjacent neurons in the monkey auditory cortex. J Neurophysiol 1992;67(1):203-215.

(91) Aertsen A, Vaadia E, Abeles M, Ahissar E, Bergman H, Karmon B, et al. Neural interactions in the frontal cortex of a behaving monkey: Sings of dependence on stimulus context and behavioral state. J Hirnforsch 1991;32(6):735-743.

(92) Ahissar E, Vaadia E. Oscillatory activity of single units in a somatosensory cortex of an awake monkey and their possible role in texture analysis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990;87(22):8935-8939.

(93) Nelken L, Vaadia E. A sensitive estimator for crosscorrelograms. Biol Cybern 1990;64(1):51-60.

(94) Abeles M, Vaadia E, Bergman H. Reply to 'Cortex, Spikes and Waves' by H Stowell. Netw Comput Neural Syst 1990;1(2):235.

(95) Abeles M, Vaadia E, Bergman H. Firing patterns of single units in the prefrontal cortex and neural network models. Netw Comput Neural Syst 1990;1(1):13-25.

(96) Gottlieb Y, Vaadia E, Abeles M. Single unit activity in the auditory cortex of a monkey performing a short term memory task. Exp Brain Res 1989;74(1):139-148.

(97) Vaadia E, Bergman H, Abeles M. Neuronal Activities Related to Higher Brain Functions—Theoretical and Experimental Implications. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 1989;36(1):25-35.

(98) Vaadia E. Single-unit activity related to active localization of acoustic and visual stimuli in the frontal cortex of the rhesus monkey. Brain Behav Evol 1989;33(2-3):127-131.

(99) Vaadia E, Kurata K, Wise SP. Neuronal activity preceding directional and nondirectional cues in the premotor cortex of rhesus monkeys. Somatosens Mot Res 1988;6(2):207-230.

(100) Vaadia E, Abeles M. Temporal firing patterns of single units, pairs and triplets of units in the auditory cortex. Isr J Med Sci 1987;23(1-2):75-83.

(101) Vaadia E, Benson DA, Hienz RD, Goldstein Jr. MH. Unit study of monkey frontal cortex: Active localization of auditory and of visual stimuli. J Neurophysiol 1986;56(4):934-952.

(102) Frostig RD, Gottlieb Y, Vaadia E, Abeles M. The effects of stimuli on the activity and functional connectivity of local neuronal groups in the cat auditory cortex. Brain Res 1983;272(2):211-221.

(103) Vaadia E, Gottlieb Y, Abeles M. Single-unit activity related to sensorimotor association in auditory cortex of a monkey. J Neurophysiol 1982;48(5):1201-1213.