Submitted/reviewed
- Compensatory regulation of cortical GABA synaptic transmission can explain reduction of gamma oscillation power in schizophrenia
in preparation
- Divide and conquer: Functional segregation of synaptic inputs by astrocytic microdomains could alleviate paroxysmal activity following brain trauma
V. Volman, M. Bazhenov, T.J. Sejnowski, under review
Theses
- Generic modelling of self-regulated dynamical behavior in cultured neuronal networks
MSc. thesis, School of Physics, Tel-Aviv University, March 2003
- Studies of function-form relations in neuro-glia networks
Ph.D. dissertation, School of Physics, Tel-Aviv University, October 2006
Publications in peer-reviewed journals
- Downregulation of parvalbumin at cortical GABA synapses reduces network gamma oscillatory activity
V. Volman, M.M. Behrens, T.J. Sejnowski, Journal of Neuroscience, 2011
- A tale of two stories: astrocyte regulation of synaptic depression and facilitation
M. De Pitta, V. Volman, H. Berry, E. Ben-Jacob, PLoS Computational Biology, 2011
- Pattern of trauma determines the threshold for epileptic activity in the model of cortical deafferentation
V. Volman, M. Bazhenov, T.J. Sejnowski, PNAS, 2011
- Topological basis of epileptogenesis in a model of severe cortical trauma
V. Volman, T.J. Sejnowski, M. Bazhenov, Journal of Neurophysiology, 2011
- Gap junctions and epileptic seizures - two sides of the same coin?
V. Volman, M. Perc, M. Bazhenov, PLoS One, 6(5): e20572, May 2011
- Synaptic scaling stabilizes persistent activity driven by asynchronous neurotransmitter release
V. Volman and R.C. Gerkin, Neural Computation, 23(4): 927-957, April 2011
- Shunting inhibition controls the gain modulation mediated by asynchronous neurotransmitter release in early development
V. Volman, H. Levine, T.J. Sejnowski, PLoS Computational Biology, 6(11):e1000973, November 2010
- Nonlinear gap junctions enable long-distance propagation of pulsating calcium waves in astrocyte networks
M. Goldberg, M. De Pitta, V. Volman, H. Berry, E. Ben-Jacob, PLoS Computational Biology, 6(8) e1000909
- Fast random rewiring and strong connectivity impair subthreshold signal detection in excitable networks
V. Volman and M. Perc, New Journal of Physics, 12:043013, 2010
- Locally-balanced dendritic integration by short-term synaptic plasticity and active dendritic conductances
V. Volman, H. Levine, E. Ben-Jacob, T.J. Sejnowski, J. Neurophysiology, December 2009
- Signal processing in local neuronal circuits based on activity-dependent noise and competition
V. Volman and H. Levine, Chaos, 19:033107, September 2009
- Glutamate regulation of calcium and IP3 oscillating and pulsating dynamics in astrocytes
M. De Pitta, M. Goldberg, V. Volman, H. Berry, E. Ben-Jacob, J. Biological Physics, 2009
Faculty of 1000 Biology recommended article
- Multi-modal information encoding in a simplified model of calcium dynamics
M. De Pitta, V. Volman, H. Levine, E. Ben-Jacob, Cognitive Processing, December 2008
- Management of synchronized network activity by highly-active neurons
M. Shein, V. Volman, N. Raichman, Y. Hanein, E. Ben-Jacob, Physical Biology, vol.5, September 2008
- The emergence and propertites of mutual synchronization in in-vitro coupled cortical networks
I. Baruchi, V. Volman, M. Shein, N. Raichman, E. Ben-Jacob, European Journal of Neuroscience, vol.28, pp.1825-1835, November 2008
- Activity-dependent stochastic resonance in recurrent neuronal networks
V. Volman and H. Levine, Physical Review E, vol.77, 060903(R), July 2008
This article was selected to appear in July 2008 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research
- Coexistence of amplitude and frequency modulated intracellular calcium dynamics
M. De Pitta, V. Volman, H. Levine, G. Pioggia, D. De Rossi, E. Ben-Jacob, Physical Review E, vol.77, 030903(R), March 2008
This article was selected to appear in March 2008 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research
- Calcium and synaptic dynamics underlying reverberatory activity in neuronal networks
V. Volman, R.C. Gerkin, P.M. Lau, E. Ben-Jacob, G.Q. Bi, Physical Biology, vol.4, pp.91-103, June 2007
- The astrocyte as a gate-keeper of synaptic information transfer
V. Volman, E. Ben-Jacob, H. Levine, Neural Computation, vol.19, pp.306-327, February 2007
- Collective plasticity and individual stability in cultured neuronal networks
N. Raichman, V. Volman, E. Ben-Jacob, NeuroComputing, vol.69, pp.1150-1154, 2006
- Functional holography analysis: simplifying the complexity of dynamical networks
I. Baruchi, D. Grossman, V. Volman, M. Shein, J. Hunter, V.L. Towle, E. Ben-Jacob, Chaos, vol.16, 015112, 2006
Special issue on stability and pattern formation in dynamics on networks
- Functional topology classification of biological computing networks
P. Blinder, I. Baruchi, V. Volman, H. Levine, D. Baranes, E. Ben-Jacob, Natural Computing, vol.4, pp.339-361, December 2005
- Self-regulated complexity in neural networks
E. Hulata, V. Volman, E. Ben-Jacob, Natural Computing, vol.4, pp.363-386, December 2005
- Manifestation of function-follow-form in cultured neuronal networks
V. Volman, I. Baruchi, E. Ben-Jacob, Physical Biology, vol. 2, pp.98-110, June 2005
- Modelling of synchronized bursting events - the importance of inhomogeneity
E. Persi, D. Horn, V. Volman, R. Segev, E. Ben-Jacob, Neural Computation, vol. 16(12), December 2004
- Neural modelling of synchronized bursting events
E. Persi, D. Horn, R. Segev, E. Ben-Jacob, V. Volman, NeuroComputing, 58-60(C), 179-184, June 2004
- Generative modelling of regulated activity in cultured neuronal networks
V. Volman, I. Baruchi, E. Persi, E. Ben-Jacob, Physica A, 335:249-278, April 2004
- Communication-based regulated freedom of response in bacterial colonies
E. Ben-Jacob, Y. Shapira, I. Becker, N. Raichman, V. Volman, E. Hulata, I. Baruchi, Physica A, 330:218-231, December 2003
Conference proceedings, posters, abstracts, etc.
- Brain Awarenees Workshop, Bangalore, March 2011, invited talk
- Society for Neuroscience Meeting 2010, San Diego
- Principles of Autonomous Neurodynamics meeting, July 2009
- SIAM conference on applications of dynamical systems, May 2009, invited talk
- American Physical Society March Meeting 2009, invited talk
- Interdisciplinary Approaches to Functional Electronic and Biological Materials (INTELBIOMAT) meeting, Cambridge, January 2009, invited talk
- Cultured neuronal networks express complex patterns of activity and morphological memory
N. Raichman, L. Rubinsky, M. Shein, I. Baruchi, V. Volman, and E. Ben-Jacob, Handbook on Biological Networks, editors: S. Boccaletti, V. Latora, Y. Moreno.
- Active dendritic conductances enhance processing of plastic synaptic stimuli
V. Volman, H. Levine, and T.J. Sejnowski, Computational Neuroscience Society Meeting, July 2008
- The role of highly active neurons in developing networks
M. Shein, V. Volman, N. Raichman, Y. Hanein, and E. Ben-Jacob, Intl. Meeting on Substance-Integrated micro-electrode arrays, July 2008
- Characterization of mixed amplitude and frequency modulations in intracellular calcium signals with application to information encoding in neuron-glia interactions
M. De Pitta, V. Volman, G. Pioggia, D. De Rossi, H. Levine, and E. Ben-Jacob, Italian National Congress on Bioengineering, July 2008
- Coexistence of amplitude and frequency modulations of intracellular calcium dynamics: a novel, bifurcation-based, principle for information encoding
M. De Pitta, V. Volman, G. Pioggia, D. De Rossi, H. Levine, and E. Ben-Jacob, 53d meeting of Israeli Physical Society, December 2007
- International workshop on neuron-glial dynamics, U. Pisa, 2007, co-organizer and invited talk.
- Autocatalytic neuronal network reverberations as a template for short-term memory - rescue by synaptic "noise"
V. Volman, R.C. Gerkin, P.M. Lau, G.Q. Bi, and E. Ben-Jacob, Cognitive Neuroscience Spring Retreat 2007
- 7th Understanding Complex Systems Conference, U. Illinois Urbana, 2007, invited talk, Modeling neuronal network reverberations as building blocks of short-term memory
- Modelling synaptic reverberation in small neuronal circuits - the importance of asynchronous transmitter release
V. Volman, R.C. Gerkin, P.M. Lau, G.Q. Bi, and E. Ben-Jacob, FENS 2006, July 2006
- Topological architecture underlying formation of spatio-temporal modes in neuronal networks
V. Volman, I. Baruchi, and E. Ben-Jacob, 51st meeting of Israeli Physical Society, December 2005
- Collective plasticity and individual stability in cultured neuronal networks
N. Raichman, V. Volman, and E. Ben-Jacob, Computational Neuroscience Society Meeting, July 2005
- Self-regulated homoclinic chaos in neural networks activity
V. Volman, I. Baruchi, and E. Ben-Jacob, Proceedings of 8-th experimental chaos conference, AIP conference proceedings, vol.742(1), pp.197-209, December 2004
- Generic modelling of dynamical behavior in cultured neuronal networks
V. Volman, I. Baruchi, E. Persi, and E. Ben-Jacob, 49th Meeting of Israeli Physical Society, December 2003
- Neural modelling of synchronized bursting events
E. Persi, D. Horn, R. Segev, E. Ben-Jacob, and V. Volman, Computational Neuroscience Society Meeting, July 2003