Publications

Dewell RB*, Carroll-Mikhail T*, Eisenbrandt MR, Mendoza A, Halder B, Preuss T, Gabbiani F (2023) Convergent escape behaviour from distinct visual processing of impending collision in fish and grasshoppers. J Physiol, 601:4355-73. (journal link; pdf: Dewell_etal23); *co-first authors.

Gabbiani F, Preuss T, Dewell RB (2023) Approaching object acceleration differentially affects the predictions of neuronal collision avoidance models. Biol Cyber 117:129-142. (journal link; pdf: Gabbiani_etal23)

Dewell RB, Zhu Y, Eisenbrandt M, Morse R, Gabbiani F (2022) Contrast polarity-specific mapping improves efficiency of neuronal computation for collision detection. eLife 11:e79772. (journal link)

Dierick HA, Ben-Shahar Y, Raman B, Gabbiani F (2021) Genetic and viral approaches to record or manipulate neurons in insects. Curr Op Insect Sci 48:79-88. (journal link; pdf: Dierick_etal21)

Wang H, Foquet B, Dewell RB, Song H, Dierick HA, Gabbiani F (2020) Molecular Characterization and Distribution of the Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel, Para, in the Brain of the Grasshopper and Vinegar Fly. J Comp Physiol A 206:289-307. (journal link; pdf: Wang_etal20)

Dewell RB, Gabbiani F (2019) Active Membrane Conductances and Morphology of a Collision Detection Neuron Broaden Its Impedance Profile and Improve Discrimination of Input Synchrony. J Neurophysiol 122:691-706. (journal link; pdf: DewellGabbiani19)

Yoo Y, Gabbiani F (2019) Single Neuron Computational Modeling. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. (encyclopedia link)

Dewell RB, Gabbiani F (2018) M current regulates firing mode and spike reliability in a collision-detecting neuron. J Neurophysiol 120:1753-1764. (journal link; pdf: DewellGabbiani_Mcurr)

Wang H, Dewell RB, Zhu Y, Gabbiani F (2018) Feedforward Inhibition Conveys Time-Varying Stimulus Information in a Collision Detection Circuit. Curr Biol 28:1509-1521.e3. (journal link; pdf: Wang_etal18_Feedforward)

Wang H, Dewell RB, Ehrengruber MU, Segev E, Reimer J, Roukes ML, Gabbiani F (2018) Optogenetic manipulation of medullary neurons in the locust optic lobe. J Neurophysiol 120:2049-2058. (journal link; pdf: Wang_etal18_Optogenetics)

Zhu Y, Dewell RB, Wang H, Gabbiani F (2018) Pre-synaptic Muscarinic Excitation Enhances the Discrimination of Looming Stimuli in a Collision-Detection Neuron. Cell Rep. 23:2365-2378. (journal link; pdf: Zhu_etal18)

Dewell RB, Gabbiani F (2018) Biophysics of object segmentation in a  collision-detecting neuron. eLife 7:e34238. (journal link; pdf: Biophysics_object-segmentation)

Gabbiani F, Dewell RB (2018) Collision Avoidance: Broadening the Toolkit for Directionally Selective Motion Computations. Curr Biol 28:R124-R126. [Dispatch] (journal link; pdf: gabbiani_dewellCB18)

Zhu Y, Gabbiani F (2018) Combined two-photon calcium imaging and single-ommatidium visual stimulation to study fine-scale retinotopy in insects. In: Extracellular Recording Approaches (Sillitoe R, ed), Neuromethods, Vol. 134. Springer, Berlin. (pdf: zhu_gabbiani_neuromethods18)

Zhu Y, Gabbiani F (2016) Fine and distributed subcellular retinotopy of excitatory inputs to the dendritic tree of a collision-detection neuron. J Neurophysiol 115(6):3101-12. (journal link; pdf: YingGabbiani16)

Dewell RB, Gabbiani F (2016) Linking dendritic processing to computation and behavior in invertebrates. In: Dendrites, 3rd ed (Stuart G, Spruston N, Häuser M, eds). Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK. (book link; chapter link)

Dierick HA, Gabbiani F (2015) Drosophila Neurobiology: No Escape from ‘Big Data’ Science. Curr Biol 25:R606-8. [Dispatch] (journal link; pdf: DierickGabbiani15)

Trousdale J, Carroll S, Gabbiani F, Josic K (2014) Optimal partial decoding of ego-rotation through neuronal coupling in the fly. J Neurosci. 34:12206-12222. (pdf: Trousdale_etal14)

Chan R, Gabbiani F (2013). Collision avoidance behaviors of minimally restrained flying locusts to looming stimuli. J Exp Biol. 216:641-655. (pdf: ChanGabbiani13)

Chan R, Gabbiani F (2013). Computational analysis of behavioral and neural data through Bayesian statistical modelling. In: Advanced Methods in Neuroethological Research. Ogawa H, Oka K (eds). Springer Verlag: Tokyo, Japan. (pdf: ChanGabbiani13_2)

Gabbiani F, Midtgaard J (2012). Neural Information Processing (2nd ed.). In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester. http://www.els.net. (pdf: GabbianiMidtgaard12)

Kumar R, Chan R, Shkarayev S, Gabbiani F (2012) Force measurements on locusts during visually-evoked collision avoidance maneuvers. Int J Micro Air Vehicles 4(3) 227-249. (journal link; pdf: Kumar_etal12)

Jones PW, Gabbiani F (2012). Logarithmic Compression of Sensory Signals within the Dendritic Tree of a Collision Sensitive Neuron. J Neurosci 32:4923-4934. (pdf: JonesGabbiani12_1)

Dewell RB, Gabbiani F (2012). Escape Behavior: Linking Neural Computation to Action. Curr Biol 22:R152-3. [Dispatch] (pdf: DewellGabbiani12)

Jones PW, Gabbiani F (2012). Impact of Neural Noise on a Sensory-Motor Pathway Signaling Impending Collision. J Neurophysiol 107:1067-79. (pdf: JonesGabbiani12_2)

Fotowat H, Gabbiani F (2011). Collision Detection as a Model for Sensory-Motor Integration. Ann Rev Neurosci 34:1-19. (pdf: FotowatGabbiani11)

Gabbiani F, Jones PW (2011). A genetic push to understand motion detection. Neuron 70:1023-1024. [Preview] (pdf: GabbianiJones11)

Harrison RR, Fotowat H, Chan R, Kier RJ, Olberg R, Leonardo A, Gabbiani F (2011). Wireless Neural/EMG Telemetry Systems for Small Freely Moving Animals. IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst 5:103-111. 2013 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Transactions on BioCAS Best Paper Award. (pdf: Harrison_etal11)

Fotowat H, Harrison RR, Gabbiani F (2011). Multiplexing of Motor Information in the Discharge of a Collision Detecting Neuron during Escape Behaviors. Neuron 69:147-158. (pdf: Fotowat_etal11; supplementary material: Fotowat_etal11_supp)

Jones PW, Gabbiani F (2010). Synchronized neural input shapes stimulus selectivity in a collision-detecting neuron. Curr Biol 20:2052-2057. (pdf: JonesGabbiani10; supplementary material: JonesGabbiani10_supp)

Rogers SM, Harston GW, Kilburn-Toppin F, Matheson T, Burrows M, Gabbiani F, Krapp HG (2010). Spatiotemporal receptive field properties of a looming-sensitive neuron in solitarious and gregarious phases of the desert locust. J Neurophysiol 103:779-92. (journal link; pdf: Rogers_etal10)

Harrison RR, Fotowat H, Chan R, Kier RJ, Leonardo A, Gabbiani F (2010) A wireless neural/EMG telemetry system for freely moving insects. In: Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2010), Paris, France, pp. 2952-2955. (pdf: Harrison_etal10)

Peron SP, Jones PW, Gabbiani F (2009). Precise subcellular input retinotopy in an identified visual interneuron. Neuron 63:830-842. (pdf: Peron_etal09; supplementary material: Peron_etal09_supp)

Fotowat H, Fayyazuddin A, Bellen HJ, Gabbiani F (2009). A novel neuronal pathway for visually guided escape in Drosophila. J Neurophysiol 102:875-885. (pdf: Fotowat_etal09; supplementary material: Fotowat_etal09_supp; video1: Fotowat_etal09_video1; video2: Fotowat_etal09_video2; video3: Fotowat_etal09_video3)

Peron SP, Gabbiani F (2009). Role of spike frequency adaptation in shaping neuronal response to dynamic stimuli. Biol Cybern 100:505-520.(pdf: PeronGabbiani09_2)

Peron SP, Gabbiani F (2009). Spike frequency adaptation mediates looming stimulus selectivity in a collision detecting neuron. Nat Neurosci 12:318-329. (pdf: PeronGabbiani09_1; supplementary material: PeronGabbiani09_1_supp)

Fotowat H, Gabbiani F (2007). Relationship between the phases of sensory and motor activity during a looming evoked multistage escape behavior. J Neurosci 27:10047-10059. (pdf: FotowatGabbiani07)

Peron SP, Krapp HG, Gabbiani F (2007). Influence of electrotonic structure and synaptic mapping on the receptive field properties of a collision-detecting neuron. J Neurophysiol 97:159-177. (pdf: Peron_etal06)

Gabbiani F and Krapp HG (2006). Spike-frequency adaptation and intrinsic properties of an identified, looming-sensitive neuron. J. Neurophysiol 96:2951-2962. (pdf: GabbianiKrapp06)

Kropp M, Gabbiani F, Prank K (2005). Differential coding of humoral stimuli by timing and amplitude of intracellular calcium spike trains. Syst Biol (Stevenage) 152:263-268. (pdf: Kropp_etal05)

Gabbiani F, Cohen I and Laurent G (2005). Time-dependent activation of feed-forward inhibition in a looming sensitive neuron. J Neurophysiol 94:2150-2161. (pdf: Gabbiani_etal05)

Krapp HG, Gabbiani F (2005). Spatial distribution of inputs and local receptive field properties of a wide-field, looming sensitive neuron. J Neurophysiol 93:2240-2253. (pdf: KrappGabbiani05)

R. Krahe and Gabbiani F (2004). Burst Firing in Sensory Systems. Nat Rev Neurosci 5:13-24. (pdf: KraheGabbiani04)

Gabbiani F, Krapp HG, Hatsopoulos N, Mo C, Koch C and Laurent G (2004). Multiplication and stimulus invariance in a looming-sensitive neuron. J Physiol Paris 98:19-34. (pdf: Gabbiani_etal04)

Gabbiani F (2003). Interpolating between cellular biophysics and computation in single neurons. Neuron 37:890-891. [Preview] (pdf: Gabbiani03_2)

Krahe R and Gabbiani F (2003). Bursting activity in weakly electric fish. In: Computational neuroscience: a comprehensive approach. Feng J (ed), pp 215-252. CRC Press: London. (pdf: KraheGabbiani03)

Gabbiani F (2003). A switch for oscillatory bursting. Nat Neurosci 6:212-213. [News and Views] (pdf: Gabbiani03_1)

Peters RJ, Gabbiani F, and Koch C (2003). Human visual object categorization can be described by models with low memory capacity. Vision Res 43:2265-2280. (pdf: Peters_etal03)

Gabbiani F. Rate Coding and Signal Processing (2002). In: The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks, 2nd ed. Arbib MA (ed), pp 941-945. MIT Press: Cambridge, MA. (pdf: Gabbiani02)

Gabbiani F, Krapp HG, Koch C and Laurent G (2002). Multiplicative computation in a visual neuron sensitive to looming. Nature 420:320-324. (pdf: Gabbiani_etal02)

Krahe R, Kreiman G, Gabbiani F, and Koch C (2002). Stimulus encoding and feature extraction by multiple sensory neurons. J Neurosci 22:2374-2382. (pdf: Krahe_etal02)

Sigala N, Gabbiani F and Logothetis N (2002). Visual categorization and object representation in monkeys and humans. J Cog Neurosci 14:1-12. (pdf: Sigala_etal02)

Gabbiani F, Mo C, Laurent G. Invariance of Angular Threshold Computation in a Wide-Field Looming Sensitive Neuron (2001). J Neurosci 21:314-329. (pdf: Gabbiani_etal01)

Prank K, Gabbiani F, Brabant G (2000). Coding efficiency and information rates in transmembrane signalling. Biosystems 55:15-22. (pdf: Prank_etal00)

Gabbiani F, Midtgaard J (2000). Neural Information Processing. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester. (web site link; pdf: GabbianiMidtgaard01)

Kreiman G, Krahe R, Metzner W, Koch C, Gabbiani F (2000). Robustness and Variability of Neuronal Coding by Amplitude-Sensitive Afferents in the Weakly Electric Fish Eigenmannia. J Neurophysiol 84:189-204. (pdf: Kreiman_etal00)

Gabbiani F, Krapp HG, Laurent G (1999). Computation of Object Approach by a Wide-Field Motion Sensitive Neuron. J Neurosci 19:1122-1141. (pdf: Gabbiani_etal99_1)

Gabbiani F, Metzner W (1999). Encoding and Processing of sensory information in neuronal spike trains. J Exp Biol 202:1267-1279. (pdf: GabbianiMetzner99)

Gabbiani F, Laurent G, Hatsopoulos N, Krapp HG (1999). The many ways of building collision-sensitive neurons. Trends in Neurosci 22:437-438. [Letter] (pdf: Gabbiani_etal99_2)

Gabbiani F, Koch C Principles of Spike Train Analysis (1998). In: Methods in Neuronal Modeling, Koch C, Segev I (eds), pp 313-360. MIT Press: Cambridge, MA. (pdf: GabbianiKoch98)

Prank K, Schöfl C, Laeer L, Wagner M, von zur Mühlen A, Brabant G, Gabbiani F (1998). Coding of time-varying hormonal signals in intracellular calcium spike trains. Pac Symp Biocomputing, 633-644. (pdf: Prank_etal98)

Metzner W, Koch C, Wessel R, Gabbiani F (1998). Feature Extraction by Burst-Like Spike Patterns in Multiple Sensory Maps. J Neurosci 18:2283-2300. (pdf: Metzner_etal98)

Laurent G, Gabbiani F (1998). Collision avoidance: Nature’s many solutions. Nat Neurosci 1:261-263. [News and Views] (pdf: LaurentGabbiani98)

Gabbiani F, Metzner W, Wessel R, Koch C (1997). Feature Extraction in the Electrosensory Lateral Line Lobe of Weakly Electric Fish. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 9:62-68. MIT Press: Cambridge, MA. (pdf: Gabbiani_etal97)

Gabbiani F, Koch F (1996). Coding of Time-Varying Signals in Spike Trains of Integrate-and-Fire Neurons with Random Threshold. Neural Comput. 8:44-66. Reprinted in: Neural Codes and Distributed Representations – Foundations of Neural Computation. Abbott L and Sejnowski TJ (eds), ch 14, pp 201-223. MIT Press: Cambridge, MA (1999). (pdf: GabbianiKoch96)

Gabbiani F (1996). Coding of Time-Varying Signals in Spike Trains of Linear and Half-Wave Rectifying Neurons. Network: Comput in Neur Syst. 7:61-85. (pdf: Gabbiani96)

Gabbiani F, Metzner W, Wessel R, Koch C (1996). From Stimulus Encoding to Feature Extraction in Weakly Electric Fish. Nature. 384:564-567. (pdf: Gabbiani_etal96)

Wessel R, Koch C, Gabbiani F (1996). Coding of time-varying electric field amplitude modulations in a wave-type electric fish. J Neurophysiol. 75:2280-93. (pdf: Wessel_etal96)

Fröhlich J, Chamseddine AH, Gabbiani F, Kerler T, King C, Marchetti PA, Studer UM, Thiran E (1995). The Fractional Quantum Hall Effect, Chern-Simmons Theory, and Integral Lattices. In: Proceedings of the International Conference of Mathematicians 1994. Chatterji SD (ed), pp 75-105. Birkhäuser: Basel. (pdf: Froehlich_etal94)

Hatsopoulos N, Gabbiani F, Laurent G (1995). Elementary Computation of Object Approach by a Wide-Field Visual Neuron. Science 270:1000-1003. (pdf: Hatsopoulos_etal95)

Gabbiani F, Midtgaard J, Knöpfel T (1994). Synaptic Integration in a Model of Cerebellar Granule Cells. J Neurophysiol 72:999-1009. (pdf: Gabbiani_etal94)

Gabbiani F, Fröhlich J (1993). Operator algebras and conformal field theory. Comm Math Phys 155:569-640. (pdf: GabbianiFrohlich93)

Fröhlich J, Gabbiani F, Marchetti P-A (1990). Superselection structure and statistics in three-dimensional local quantum field theory. In: John Hopkins Workshop on current problems in particle theory. Lusanna G (ed), pp 335-415. World Scientific: Singapore. (pdf: Froehlich_etal90_2)

Fröhlich J, Gabbiani F, Marchetti P-A (1990). Braid statistics in three dimensional local quantum theory. In: The algebraic theory of superselection sectors. Introduction and recent results. Kastler D (ed), pp 259-332. World Scientific: Singapore. (pdf: Froehlich_etal90_1)

Fröhlich J, Gabbiani F (1990). Braid statistics in local quantum theory. Rev Math Phys 2:251-353. (pdf: FroehlichGabbiani90)