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Publications

Books | Journals

All publications can be found in either PubMed or INSPEC. This page is only updated about once/year. Email me if you would like copies: PDF files are available for virtually all papers listed.

Books and Chapters

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  1. R. J. Butera, J. Rinzel, and J. C. Smith. "Novel Frequency Control in a Population of Bursting Neurons with Excitatory Synaptic Coupling." Computational Neuroscience: Trends in Research 1998, J. Bower, ed. Plenum Press, New York, 1998. pp. 301-306.
  2. D. A. Baxter, C. C. Canavier, H. A. Lechner, R. J. Butera, A. A. DeFranceschi, J. W. Clark, and J. H. Byrne. "Coexisting Stable Oscillatory States in Single Cell and Multicellular Neuronal Oscillators." Oscillations in Neural Systems, D. Levine, V. Brown, and T. Shirley, eds. Erlbaum Assoc., New Jersey, 2000, pages 51-78.
  3. N. S. Cherniak, R. J. Butera, J. Champagnat, J. Duffin, M. C. H. Khoo, N. R. Prabhakar, C.-S. Poon, P. A. Robbins, J. C. Smith, and K. P. Strohl. "Workshop on Modeling in the 21st Century: An Executive Summary." Frontiers in Modeling and Control of Breathing: Integration at Molecular, Cellular, and Systems Levels, C.-S. Poon and H. Kazemi, eds. Kluwer/Plenum Publishers, Boston, MA, 2001, pages 9-14.
  4. R. J. Butera, J. Rubin, D. Terman, and J.C. Smith. "Oscillatory bursting mechanisms in respiratory pacemaker neurons and networks." Bursting: The Genesis of Rhythm in the Nervous System, S. Coombes and P. C. Bressloff, eds. World Scientific Publishing Company, Hackensack, NJ, 2005, pages 303-346.
  5. R. J. Butera. "Nernst Potential." Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering, M. Akay, ed. Wiley-Interscience, Hoboken, NJ. 2006.

Refereed Journal Publications

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  1. R. J. Butera, J. W. Clark, D. A. Baxter, C. C. Canavier, and J. H. Byrne. "Analysis of the effects of modulatory agents on a modeled bursting neuron: dynamic interactions between voltage and calcium-dependent mechanisms." Journal of Computational Neuroscience (1995) 2:19-44.
  2. R. J. Butera, J. W. Clark, and J. H. Byrne. "Dissection and reduction of a modeled bursting neuron." Journal of Computational Neuroscience (1996) 3:199-223.
  3. S. S. Demir, R. J. Butera, A. A. DeFranceschi, J. W. Clark, and J. H. Byrne. "Phase-sensitivity and entrainment in a modeled bursting neuron." Biophysical Journal (1997) 72:579-594.
  4. R. J. Butera, J. W. Clark, and J. H. Byrne. "Transient responses of a modeled bursting neuron: analysis with equilibrium and averaged nullclines." Biological Cybernetics (1997) 77:307-322. CC:8, IF: 2.142
  5. C. C. Canavier, R. J. Butera, R. O. Dror, D. A. Baxter, J. W. Clark, and J. H. Byrne. "Phase response characteristics of model neurons determine which patterns are expressed in a ring circuit model of gait generation." Biological Cybernetics (1997) 77:367-380.
  6. R. J. Butera. "Multirhythmic bursting." Chaos (1998) 8:274-284.
  7. R. O. Dror, C. C. Canavier, R. J. Butera, J. W. Clark, and J. H. Byrne. "A mathematical criterion based on phase response curves for stability in a ring of coupled oscillators." Biological Cybernetics (1999) 80:11-23.
  8. R. J. Butera, J. Rinzel, and J. C. Smith. "Models of respiratory rhythm generation in the pre-Botzinger complex: I. Bursting pacemaker neurons." Journal of Neurophysiology (1999) 82:382-397.
  9. R. J. Butera, J. Rinzel, and J. C. Smith. "Models of respiratory rhythm generation in the pre-Botzinger complex: II. Populations of coupled pacemakers." Journal of Neurophysiology (1999) 82:398-415.
  10. R. J. Butera, S. M. Johnson, C. A. DelNegro, J. Rinzel, and J. C. Smith. "Dynamics of excitatory networks of bursting pacemaking neurons: Modeling and experimental studies of the respiratory central pattern generator." Neurocomputing (2000) 32:323-330.
  11. J. C. Smith, R. J. Butera, N. Koshiya, C. DelNegro, C. G. Wilson, and S. M. Johnson. "Respiratory rhythm generation in neonatal and adult mammals: The hybrid pacemaker-network model." Respiratory Physiology (2000) 122:131-147.
  12. C. A. DelNegro, S. M. Johnson, R. J. Butera, and J. C. Smith. "Models of respiratory rhythm generation in the pre-Botzinger complex: III. Model predictions and experimental observations." Journal of Neurophysiology (2001) 86:59-74.
  13. R. J. Butera, C. G. Wilson, C. DelNegro, and J. C. Smith. "A methodology for achieving high-speed rates of artificial conductance injection in electrically excitable biological cells." IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (2001) 48:1460-1470.
  14. C. G. Wilson, R. J. Butera, C. A. DelNegro, J. Rinzel, and J. C. Smith. "Interfacing computer models with real neurons: respiratory 'cyberneurons' created with the dynamic clamp." Advances in Experimental Biology and Medicine (2001) 499:119-124.
  15. C. A. DelNegro, C. G. Wilson, R. J. Butera, and J. C. Smith. "Unstable breathing rhythms and quasiperiodicity in the pre-Botzinger complex." Advances in Experimental Biology and Medicine (2001) 499:133-138. :
  16. C. A. DelNegro, C. G. Wilson, R. J. Butera, H. Rigatto, and J. C. Smith. "Periodicity, mixed-mode oscillations, and quasiperiodicity in a rhythm-generating neural network." Biophysical Journal (2002) 82:206-214.
  17. C. A. DelNegro, N. Koshiya, R. J. Butera, and J. C. Smith. "Persistent sodium current, membrane properties, and intrinsic bursting behavior of pre-Botzinger Complex inspiratory neurons in vitro." Journal of Neurophysiology (2002) 88:2242-2250.
  18. B. Breen, W. C. Gerken, and R. J. Butera. "Hybrid Integrate-and-Fire model of a bursting neuron." Neural Computation (2003) 15:2843-2862.
  19. I. Raikov, A. J. Preyer and R. J. Butera. "MRCI: A flexible real-time dynamic clamp system for electrophysiology experiments." Journal of Neuroscience Methods (2004) 132:109-123.
  20. M. Sekerli, C. A. Del Negro, R. H. Lee, and R. J. Butera. "Estimating action potential thresholds from neuronal time-series: New metrics and evaluation of methodologies IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (2004) 51:1665-1672.
  21. R. J. Butera and M. L. McCarthy. "Analysis of real-time numerical integration methods applied to dynamic clamp experiments." Journal of Neural Engineering (2004) 1:187-194.
  22. L. Purvis and R. J. Butera. "An ionic current model of a hypoglossal motoneuron." Journal of Neurophysiology (2005) 93:723-733.
  23. M. Sekerli and R. J. Butera. "Oscillations in a simple neuromechanical system: Underlying mechanisms." Journal of Computational Neuroscience (2005) 19:181-197.
  24. A. J. Preyer and R. J. Butera. "Neuronal oscillations in Aplysia californica that demonstrate weak coupling in vitro." Physical Review Letters (2005) 95 138103.
  25. A. Sakurai, N. Dargouth, R. J. Butera, and P. S. Katz. "Serotonergic enhancement of a 4-AP-sensitive current mediates the synaptic depression phase of spike-timing dependent neuromodulation." Journal of Neuroscience (2006) 26:2010-2021.
  26. J. Shao, T. Tsao, and R. J. Butera. "Bursting Without Slow Kinetics: A Role for a Small World?" Neural Computation (2006) 18:2029-2035.
  27. W. C. Gerken, L . K.Purvis, and R. J. Butera. "Genetic algorithm for optimization and specification of a neuron model." Neurocomputing (2006) 69:1039-1042.
  28. M.S. Reid, E. A. Brown, R. J. Butera, and S. P. DeWeerth. "A Comparative Analysis of Multi-Conductance Neuronal Models in silico." Biological Cybernetics In Press.
  29. L. Purvis and R. J. Butera. "Comparison of Feature-Based and Template-Based Fitness Functions for Optimizing a Hypoglossal Motoneuron Model." Submitted to Neuroinformatics.
  30. L. Purvis, J. C. Smith, H. Koizumi, and R. J. Butera. "Intrinsic Bursters Increase the Robustness of Rhythm Generation in an Excitatory Network." Submitted to Journal of Neurophysiology.