Publications in Neurobiology [top]

2012 [top]

  • Murray JD, Anticevic A, Gancsos M, Ichinose M, Corlett PR, Krystal JH, Wang XJ (2012) [PDF]
    Linking microcircuit dysfunction to cognitive impairment: Effects of disinhibition associated with schizophrenia in a cortical working memory model.
    Cerebral Cortex, doi:10.1093/cercor/bhs370.
  • Anticevic A, Cole MW, Murray JD, Corlett PR, Wang XJ, Krystal JH (2012) [PDF]
    The role of default network deactivation in cognition and disease.
    Trends in Cognitive Science, 16:584-592.
  • Wang XJ (2012) [PDF]
    Neural dynamics and circuit mechanisms of decision-making.
    Curr.Op.Neurobiol., 22: 1-8.
  • Anticevic A, Gancsos M, Murray JD, Repovs G, Driesen NR, Ennis DJ, Niciu MJ, Morgan PT, Surti TS, Bloch MH, Ramani R, Smith MA, Wang XJ, Krystal JH, Corlett PR (2012) [PDF]
    NMDA receptor function in large-scale anticorrelated neural systems with implications for cognition and schizophrenia.
    Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA, 109:16720-16725.
  • Wei Z, Wang XJ, Wang DH (2012) [PDF]
    From distributed resources to limited slots in multiple-item working memory: a spiking network model with normalization.
    J.Neurosci., 32: 11228-11240.
  • Buzsaki G, Wang XJ (2012) [PDF]
    Mechanisms of Gamma Oscillations.
    Ann.Rev.Neurosci., 35: 203-225.

2011 [top]

  • Wang M, Gamo NJ, Yang Y, Jin LE, Wang XJ, Laubach M, Mazer JA, Lee D, Arnsten AF (2011) [PDF]
    Neuronal basis of age-related working memory decline.
    Nature, 476: 210-213
  • Murray JD, Ardid S (2011) [Commentary]
    What can tracking fluctuations in dozens of sensory neurons tell about selective attention?
    Front. Syst. Neurosci., 5: 35. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2011.00035
  • Engel TA, Wang X-J (2011) [PDF]
    Same or different? A neural circuit mechanism of similarity based pattern-match decision making.
    J. Neurosci., 31: 6982-6996
  • Churchland AK, Kiani R, Chaudhuri R, Wang X-J, Pouget A, Shadlen MN (2011) [PDF]
    Variance as a signature of neural computations during decision making.
    Neuron, 69: 818-831
  • Bernacchia A, Seo H, Lee D, Wang X-J (2011) [PDF]
    A reservoir of time constants for memory traces in cortical neurons.
    Nature Neurosci., 14: 366-372

2010 [top]

  • Corlett PR, Taylor JR, Wang X-J, Fletcher PC, Krystal JH (2010) [PDF]
    Toward a neurobiology of delusions.
    Prog. Neurobiol., 92: 345-369
  • Rigotti M, Ben Dayan Rubin DD, Wang X-J and Fusi S (2010) [Article]
    Internal representation of task rules by recurrent dynamics: the importance of the diversity of neural responses.
    Front. Comput. Neurosci., 4: 24. doi: 10.3389/fncom.2010.00024
  • Ardid S, Wang X-J, Gomez-Cabrero D, Compte A (2010) [PDF] [Supplementary]
    Reconciling coherent oscillation with modulation of irregular spiking activity in selective attention: gamma-range synchronization between sensory and executive cortical areas
    J. Neurosci., 30: 2856-2870
  • Soltani A, Wang X-J (2010) [PDF] [Supplementary]
    Synaptic computation underlying probabilistic inference
    Nature Neurosci., 13: 112-119
  • Wang X-J (2010) [PDF]
    Prefrontal cortex.
    In Handbook of Brain Microcircuits, Edited by Shepherd GM and Grillner S, Oxford University Press.
  • Engel T, Andrieux D (2010) [PDF]
    Forget before you remember: dynamic mechanism of memory decay and retrieval.
    Front. Neurosci., 4: 3-5
  • Wang X-J (2010) [PDF]
    Neurophysiological and computational principles of cortical rhythms in cognition
    Physiol. Rev., 90: 1195-1268

2009 [top]

  • Lo CC, Boucher L, Paré M, Schall JD, Wang X-J (2009) [PDF]
    Proactive inhibitory control and attractor dynamics in countermanding action: a spiking neural circuit model
    J. Neurosci. 29: 9059-9071
    Neuro Forum by Ballanger B (2009) [PDF]
    Top-down control of saccades as part of a generalized model of proactive inhibitory control
    J. Neurophysiol., 102: 2578-2580
  • Vasilaki E, Fusi S, Wang X-J, Senn W (2009) [PDF]
    Learning flexible sensori-motor mappings in a complex network
    Biol. Cybern. 100: 147-158

2008 [top]

  • Furman M and Wang X-J (2008) [PDF]
    Similarity effect and optimal control of multiple-choice decision making
    Neuron 60: 1153-1168
    Neuro Forum by Morita K (2009) [PDF]
    Dynamical foundations of the neural circuit for bayesian decision making
    J. Neurophysiol., 102: 1-6
  • Liu F and Wang X-J (2008) [PDF]
    A common cortical circuit mechanism for perceptual categorical discrimination and veridical judgment
    PLoS Comput. Biol. 4: e1000253. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000253
  • Wang H, Stradtman GG III, Wang X-J, Gao W-J (2008) [PDF]
    A specialized NMDA receptor function in layer 5 recurrent microcircuitry of the adult rat prefrontal cortex
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 105: 16791-16796
  • Köndgen H, Geisler C, Fusi S, Wang X-J, Lüscher H-R, Giugliano M (2008) [PDF]
    The dynamical response properties of neocortical neurons to temporally modulated noisy inputs in vitro
    Cerebral Cortex 18: 2086-2097
  • Luhman CC, Chun MM, Yi D-J, Lee D, Wang X-J (2008) [PDF]
    Neural dissociation of delay and uncertainty in intertemporal choice
    J. Neurosci. 28: 14459-14466
    Journal Club by Engelmann JB and Brooks AM (2008) [PDF]
    Behavioral and neural effects of delays during intertemporal choice are independent of probability
    J. Neurosci., 29: 6055-6057
  • Wang X-J (2008) [PDF]
    Decision making in recurrent neuronal circuits
    Neuron 60: 215-234
  • Soltani A, Wang X-J (2008) [PDF]
    From biophysics to cognition: reward-dependent adaptive choice behavior
    Current Opinion in Neurobiology 18: 1-8. doi:10.1016/j.conb.2008.07.003
  • Lee D and Wang X-J (2008) [PDF]
    Mechanisms for stochastic decision making in the primate frontal cortex: single-neuron recording and circuit modeling
    In Neuroeconomics: Decision Making and the Brain Edited by Glimcher PW, Camerer CF, Fehr E and Poldrack RA. Academic Press, London.
  • Wang X-J (2008) [PDF]
    Attractor network models
    In Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, volume 1, pp. 667-679 Edited by Squire LR. Oxford: Academic Press.
  • Goldman MS, Compte A, Wang X-J (2008) [PDF]
    Neural integrator models
    In Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, volume 6, pp. 165-178 Edited by Squire LR. Oxford: Academic Press.

2007 [top]

  • Wang X-J, Barbas H, Knight RT (2007) [PDF]
    Dynamic landscape of the frontal lobe: a tribute to Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic
    Cerebral Cortex 17: i4-i5
  • Wong K-F, Huk AC, Shadlen MN and Wang X-J (2007) [PDF]
    Neural circuit dynamics underlying accumulation of time-varying evidence during perceptual decision-making.
    Front. Comput. Neurosci., 1:6. doi: 10.3389/neuro.10/006.2007
  • Carter E, Wang X-J (2007) [PDF]
    Cannabinoid-mediated disinhibition and working memory: dynamical interplay of multiple feedback mechanisms in a continuous attractor model of prefrontal cortex.
    Cerebral Cortex 17: i16-i26
  • Ardid S, Wang X-J, Compte A (2007) [PDF] [Supplementary]
    An integrated microcircuit model of attentional processing in the neocortex.
    J. Neurosci., 27: 8486-8495
  • Fusi S., Asaad WF, Miller EK, Wang X-J (2007) [PDF]
    A neural circuit model of flexible sensorimotor mapping: learning and forgetting on multiple timescales.
    Neuron, 54: 319-333
  • Renart A, Moreno-Bote R, Wang X-J, Parga N (2007) [PDF]
    Mean-driven and fluctuation-driven persistent activity in recurrent networks.
    Neural Computation, 19: 1-46

2006 [top]

  • Soltani A, Lee D and Wang X-J (2006) [PDF]
    Neural mechanism for stochastic behavior during a competitive game.
    Neural Networks, 19: 1075-1090

  • Miller P and Wang X-J (2006) [PDF]
    Stability of discrete memory states to stochastic fluctuations in neuronal systems
    Chaos, 16: 026109

  • Lo C-C and Wang X-J (2006) [PDF] [Supplementary]
    Cortico-basal ganglia circuit mechanism for a decision threshold in reaction time tasks.
    Nature Neurosci., 9: 956-963
    News and Views by Kiani R, Hanks TD and Shadlen MN (2006) [PDF]
    When is enough enough? Nature Neurosci., 9: 861-863

  • Wang X-J (2006) [PDF]
    Toward a prefrontal microcircuit model for cognitive deficits in schizophrenia.
    Pharmacopsychiatry, 39 Suppl 1: S80-S87

  • Soltani A and Wang X-J (2006) [PDF] [Supplementary]
    A biophysically-based neural model of matching law behavior: melioration by stochastic synapses.
    J. Neurosci., 26: 3731-3744

  • Miller P and Wang X-J (2006) [PDF]
    Power-law neuronal fluctuations in a recurrent network model of parametric working memory.
    J. Neurophysiol., 95: 1099-1114

  • Wong K-F and Wang X-J (2006) [PDF] [Supplementary]
    A recurrent network mechanism of time integration in perceptual decisions.
    J. Neurosci., 26: 1314-1328

  • Miller P and Wang X-J (2006) [PDF] [Supporting Information]
    Inhibitory control by an integral feedback signal in prefrontal cortex: a model of discrimination between sequential stimuli.
    PNAS, 103: 201-206

  • Compte A and Wang X-J (2006) [PDF]
    Tuning curve shift by attention modulation in cortical neurons: a computational study of its mechanisms.
    Cerebral Cortex, 16: 761-778

  • Wang X-J (2006) [PDF]
    A microcircuit model of prefrontal functions: Ying and Yang of reverberatory neurodynamics in cognition.
    In The Prefrontal Lobes: Development, Function and Pathology, Edited by J Risberg, J Grafman and F Boller, Cambridge University Press.

2005 [top]

  • Geisler C, Brunel N, Wang X-J (2005) [PDF]
    Contributions of intrinsic membrane dynamics to fast network oscillations with irregular neuronal discharges.
    J. Neurophysiol., 94: 4344-4361

  • Wang X-J (2005) [PDF]
    Discovering spatial working memory fields in prefrontal cortex.
    J. Neurophysiol., 93: 3027-3028

  • Miller P, Zhabotinsky AM, Lisman JE, Wang X-J (2005) [PDF]
    The stability of a stochastic CaMKII switch: dependence on the number of enzyme molecules and protein turnover.
    PLoS Biol. 3:e107

  • Song P, Wang X-J (2005) [PDF] [QuickTime Movie] [C++ Code]
    Angular path integration by moving "hill of activity": a spiking neuron model without recurrent excitation of the head-direction system.
    J. Neurosci., 25: 1002-1014

2004 [top]

  • Constantinidis C, Wang X-J (2004) [PDF]
    A neural circuit basis for spatial working memory.
    Neuroscientist 10, 553-565

  • Buzsaki G, Geisler C, Henze DA, Wang X-J (2004) [PDF]
    Interneuron diversity series: circuit complexity and axon wiring economy of cortical interneurons.
    Trends in Neurosci., 27, 186-193

  • Wang X-J, Tegner J, Constantinidis C, Goldman-Rakic PS (2004) [PDF] [Supporting Text]
    Division of labor among distinct subtypes of inhibitory neurons in a cortical microcircuit of working memory.
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA), 101, 1368-1373

2003 [top]

  • Wang X-J (2003) [PDF]
    Neural oscillations.
    in Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, MacMillan Reference Ltd, 2003

  • Compte A, Constantinidis C, Tegner J, Raghavachari S, Chafee MV, Goldman-Rakic PS and Wang X-J (2003) [PDF]
    Temporally irregular mnemonic persistent activity in prefrontal neurons of monkeys during a delayed response task.
    J. Neurophysiol., 90, 3441-3454

  • Renart A, Brunel N and Wang X-J (2003) [PDF] [Book Cover]
    Mean-field theory of recurrent cortical networks: from irregularly spiking neurons to working memory.
    in Computational Neuroscience: A Comprehensive Approach., J. Feng Ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton.

  • Renart A, Song P and Wang X-J (2003) [PDF]
    Robust spatial working memory through homeostatic synaptic scaling in heterogeneous cortical networks.
    Neuron, 38, 473-485

  • Brunel N and Wang X-J (2003) [PDF]
    What determines the frequency of fast network oscillations with irregular neural discharges? I. Synaptic dynamics and excitation-inhibition balance.
    J. Neurophysiol., 90, 415-430

  • Wang X-J, Liu Y, Sanchez-Vives MV and McCormick DA (2003) [PDF]
    Adaptation and temporal decorrelation by single neurons in the primary visual cortex.
    J. Neurophysiol., 89, 3279-3293

  • Compte A, Sanchez-Vives MV, McCormick DA and Wang X-J (2003) [PDF]
    Cellular and network mechanisms of slow oscillatory activity (< 1 Hz) in a cortical network model.
    J. Neurophysiol., 89, 2707-2725

  • Miller P, Brody CD, Romo R and Wang X-J (2003) [PDF] [ERRATUM]
    A recurrent network model of somatosensory parametric working memory in the prefrontal cortex.
    Cerebral Cortex, 13, 1208-1218

2002 [top]

  • Wang X-J (2002) [PDF]
    Probabilistic decision making by slow reverberation in cortical circuits.
    Neuron, 36, 955-968

  • Kepecs A, Wang X-J and Lisman J (2002) [PDF]
    Slope detection by bursts: a dendritic computation.
    J. Neurosci., 22, 9053-9062

  • Tegner J, Compte A and Wang X-J (2002) [PDF]
    The dynamical stability of reverberatory neural circuits.
    Biol. Cybern., 87, 471-481

  • Wang X-J (2002) [PDF]
    Pacemaker neurons for the theta rhythm and their synchronization in the septohippocampal reciprocal loop.
    J Neurophysiol., 87, 889-900.

2001 [top]

  • Wang X-J (2001a) [PDF]
    Synaptic reverberation underlying mnemonic persistent activity.
    Trends in Neurosci. 24, 455-463

  • Brunel N and Wang X-J (2001) [PDF] [PS]
    Effects of neuromodulation in a cortical network model of object working memory dominated by recurrent inhibition.
    J. Comput. Neurosci. 11, 63-85.

  • Liu YH and Wang X-J (2001) [PDF] [PS]
    Spike-frequency adaptation of a generalized integrate-and fire model neuron.
    J. Comput. Neurosci., 10, 25-45

2000 [top]

  • Kepecs A and Wang X-J (2000) [PDF]
    Analysis of complex bursting in cortical pyramidal neuron models.Neurocomputing. 32-33, 181-187.

  • Compte A, Brunel N, Goldman-Rakic PS and Wang X-J (2000) [PDF]
    Synaptic mechanisms and network dynamics underlying visuospatial working memory in a cortical network model.
    Cerebral Cortex 10, 910-923

  • Hempel CM, Hartman KH, Wang X-J, Turrigiano GG and Nelson SB (2000) [PDF]
    Multiple forms of short-term plasticity at excitatory synapses in rat medial prefrontal cortex.
    J. Neurophysiol. 83, 3031-3041.

  • Matveev V and Wang X-J (2000a) [PDF]
    Implications of all-or-none synaptic transmission and short-term depression beyond vesicle depletion: a computational study.
    J. Neurosci. 20, 1575-1588.

  • Matveev V and Wang X-J (2000b) [PDF]
    Differential short-term synaptic plasticity and transmission of complex spike trains: to depress or to facilitate?
    Cerebral Cortex. 10, 1143-1153.

1999 [top]

  • Wang X-J (1999a) [PDF]
    Fast burst firing and short-term synaptic plasticity: a model of neocortical chattering neurons.
    Neuroscience 89:347-362.

  • Wang X-J (1999b) [PDF]
    Synaptic basis of cortical persistent activity: the importance of NMDA receptors to working memory.
    J. Neurosci. 19, 9587-9603.

1998 [top]

  • Chen Z, Ermentrout GB and Wang X-J (1998) [PDF]
    Wave propagation mediated by GABAB synapse and rebound excitation in an inhibitory network: a reduced model approach.
    J. Comput. Neurosci. 5, 53-69.

  • Rinzel J, Terman D, Wang X-J and Ermentrout GB (1998) [PDF]
    Propagating activity patterns in large-scale inhibitory neuronal networks.
    Science 279, 1351-1355.

  • Kamondi A., Acsady L., Wang X-J, Buzsaki G (1998) [PDF]
    Theta oscillations in somata and dendrites of hippocampal pyramidal cells in vivo: activity-dependent phase-precession of action potentials. Hippocampus8:244-261.

  • Lisman JE, Fellous J-M, Wang X-J (1998) [PDF]
    A role for NMDA-receptor channels in working memory.
    Nature Neurosci. 1:273-275.

  • Camperi M, Wang X-J (1998) [PDF] [PS]
    A model of visuospatial working memory in prefrontal cortex: recurrent network and cellular bistability.
    J. Comput. Neurosci. 5:383-405.

  • Wang X-J (1998) [PDF]
    Calcium coding and adaptive temporal computation in cortical pyramidal neurons.
    J. Neurophysiol. 79: 1549-1566.

1997 [top]

  • Camperi M and Wang X-J (1997)
    Modeling delay-period activity in the prefrontal cortex during working memory tasks.
    in Computational Neuroscience: Trends in Research 1997 J. Bower ed., Plenum Press, pp. 273-279.

1996 [top]

  • Golomb D, Wang X-J, Rinzel J (1996) [PDF]
    Propagation of spindle waves in a thalamic slice model.
    J. Neurophysiol. 75:750-769.

  • Wang, X-J and Buzsáki G (1996) [PDF]
    Gamma oscillations by synaptic inhibition in a hippocampal interneuronal network.
    J. Neurosci. 16, 6402-6413.

1995 [top]

  • Golomb D, Wang X-J, and Rinzel J (1995)
    Partial and full synchrony of thalamic spindle oscillations,
    In Computation in Neurons and Neural Systems, edited by J. Bower. Boston, MA: Kluwer, 1995, p. 215-220.

  • Wang X-J and Rinzel J (1995) [PDF]
    Oscillatory and bursting properties of neurons.
    in Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks, edited by M. Arbib, MIT press, 686-691.

  • Wang, X-J, Golomb, D. and Rinzel, J. (1995) [PDF]
    Emergent spindle oscillations and intermittent burst firing in a thalamic model: specific neuronal mechanisms.
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.(USA) 92, 5577-5581.

1994 [top]

  • Llinás RR, Ribary U, Joliot M and Wang X-J(1994) [PDF]
    Content and context in temporal thalamocortical binding.
    in Temporal Coding in the Brain, G. Buzsáki, R.R. Llinás, W. Singer et al. eds., Springer-Verlag, 251-272.

  • Golomb D, Wang X-J and Rinzel J (1994) [PDF]
    Synchronization properties of spindle oscillations in a thalamic reticular nucleus model.
    J. Neurophysiol. 72, 1109-1126.

  • Wang X-J (1994)
    Multiple dynamical modes of thalamic relay neurons: rhythmic bursting and intermittent phase-locking.
    Neuroscience 59, 21-31.

1993 [top]

  • Wang X-J and Rinzel J (1993) [PDF Scan]
    Spindle rhythmicity in the reticularis thalami nucleus: synchronization among mutually inhibitory neurons.
    Neuroscience 53, 899-904.

  • Wang X-J (1993) [PDF]
    Genesis of bursting oscillations in the Hindmarsh-Rose model and homoclinicity to a chaotic saddle.
    Physica D, Special Issue on Homoclinic Chaos, 62, 263-274.

  • Wang X-J (1993) [PDF Scan]
    Ionic basis for intrinsic 40 Hz neuronal oscillations.
    NeuroReport 5, 221-224.

1992 [top]

  • Wang X-J and Rinzel J (1992) [PDF Scan]
    Alternating and synchronous rhythms in reciprocally inhibitory model neurons.
    Neural Computat. 4, 84-97.

1991 [top]

  • Wang X-J. (1991)
    Spontaneous activity in a large neural net: between chaos and noise. in Self-Organization, Emergent Properties and Learning edited by A. Babloyantz, Plenum Press , 155-160.

  • Wang X-J, Rinzel J and Rogawski MA. (1991)
    Low threshold spikes and rhythmic oscillations in thalamic neurons. in Analysis and Modeling of Neural Systems edited by F. H. Eeckman et al , 85-91.

  • Wang X-J, Rinzel J and Rogawski MA. (1991) [PDF]
    A model of the T-type calcium current and the low-threshold spike in thalamic neurons.
    J. Neurophysiol 66, 839-850.

Publications in Physics [top]

  • Wang X-J (1995)
    Sporadic chaos in spacetime dynamical processes.
    Phys. Rev. E 52, 1318-1324.

  • Wang X-J and Hu C-K (1993)
    Anomalous diffusion in dynamical systems: transport coefficients of all order.
    Phys. Rev. E 48, 728-733.

  • Gaspard P and Wang X-J (1993) [PDF]
    Noise, chaos, and $(\tau, \epsilon)$-entropy per unit time.
    Phys. Rep. 235, issue 6, 321-373.

  • Wang X-J and Gaspard P (1992)
    Epsilon-entropy analysis for a time series of thermal turbulence.
    Phys. Rev. A Rapid Communications 46, R3000-3003.

  • Wang X-J (1992)
    Dynamical sporadicity and anomalous diffusion the Levy motion.
    Phys. Rev. A 45, 8407-8417.

  • Wang X-J and Gaspard P(1990)
    Homoclinicity and multi-modal periodic or chaotic oscillations in chemical kinetics.
    in Spatial Inhomogeneity and Transient Behaviours in Chemical Kinetics , edited by P. Gray et al, Manchester University Press, 687-690.

  • Wang X-J (1990)
    Intermittent fluctuations and complexity.
    in Complexity, Entropy, and the Physics of Information, SFI Studies in the Sciences of Complexity, vol. VIII , edited by W. H. Zurek, Addison-Wesley (1990), p. 319-329.

  • Wang X-J (1990)
    The Newhouse set has a positive Hausdorff dimension.
    Commun. Math. Phys. 131, 317-332.

  • Wang X-J (1989)
    Statistical physics of temporal intermittency.
    Phys. Rev. A 40, 6647-6661.

  • Wang X-J (1989)
    Abnormal fluctuations and thermodynamic phase transition in dynamical systems.
    Phys. Rev. A. Rapid Communications 39, 3214-3217.

  • Wang X-J (1989)
    Chaotic oscillations of cool flames.
    Combustion and Flame 75, 107-109.

  • Gaspard P and Wang X-J (1988) [PDF]
    Sporadicity: between periodic and chaotic dynamical systems.
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 85, 4591-4595

  • Gaspard P and Wang X-J (1987)
    Homoclinic orbits and mixed-mode oscillations in far from equilibrium systems.
    J. Stat. Phys. 48, 151-199.

  • Wang X-J and Nicolis G (1987)
    Bifurcation phenomena in coupled chemical oscillators: normal form analysis and numerical simulations.
    Physica D 26, 140-155.

  • Wang X-J and Mou CY (1985) [PDF]
    A thermokinetic model of complex oscillations in gaseous hydrocarbon oxidation.
    J. Chem. Phys. 83, 4554-4561.

  • Wang X-J (1985)
    Chaotic phenomena in dissipative systems.
    Physics (Beijing) 14, 199-205 (in Chinese).


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