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(2006 - 2010)

Rapid determination of particle velocity from space-time images using the Radon transform. P. J. Drew, P. Blinder, G. Cauwenberghs, A. Y. Shih and D. Kleinfeld, under review.   

Phase-to-rate transformations in individual neurons encode touch within a vibrissa scanning sensorimotor system. J. Curtis and D. Kleinfeld, under rereview.   

A proposal for a coordinated effort for the determination of brainwide neuroanatomical connectivity in model organisms at a mesoscopic scale. J. W. Bohland, C. Wu, H. Barbas, H. Bokil, H. T. Cline, P. J. Freed, R. J. Greenspan, S. N. Haber, M. Hawrylycz, D. G. Herrera, C. C. Hilgetag, Z. J. Huang, A. Jones, E. G. Jones, H. J. Karten, D. Kleinfeld, R. Kötter, H. A. Lester, J. M. Lin, S. Mikula, J. Panksepp, J. Safdieh, C. B. Saper, N. D. Schiff, B. W. Stillman, K. Svoboda, L. W. Swanson, A. W. Toga, J. D. Watson and P. P. Mitra, under review.   

Severe blood brain barrier disruption and surrounding tissue integrity. B. Chen, B. Friedman, Q. Cheng, E. Schim, D. Kleinfeld and P. D. Lyden, under rereview.   

Acute vascular disruption and Aquaporin 4 loss after stroke. B. Friedman, C. Schachtrup, P. S. Tsai, A. Y. Shih, K. Akassaglou, D. Kleinfeld and P. D. Lyden, Stroke (2009) in press.   PDF (11.0 Mb) Preliminary aspects of this work were the subject of a news release at the 2007 Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.

Active dilation of penetrating arterioles restores red blood cell flux to penumbral neocortex after focal stroke. A. Y. Shih, B. Friedman, P. J. Drew, P. S. Tsai, P. D. Lyden and D. Kleinfeld, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism (2009) in press.   PDF (3.1 Mb)

Plasma-mediated ablation: An optical tool for submicrometer surgery on neuronal and vascular systems. P. S. Tsai, P. Blinder, B. J. Migliori, J. Neev, Y. Jin, J. A. Squier and D. Kleinfeld, Current Opinion in Biotechnology (2009) in press.   PDF (1.0 Mb)

Stimulus-induced changes in blood flow and 2-deoxyglucose uptake dissociate in ipsilateral somatosensory cortex. A. Devor, E. M. C. Hillman, P. Tian, C. Waeber, I. C. Teng, L. Ruvinskaya, M. Shalinsky, H. Zhu, R. H. Haslinger, S. N. Narayanan, I. Ulbert, A. K. Dunn, E. H. Lo, B. R. Rosen, A. M. Dale, D. Kleinfeld and D. A. Boas, Journal of Neuroscience (2008) 28:14347-14357.   PDF (0.7 Mb) Selected for This Week in the Journal, December 31, 2008.    PDF (0.1 Mb)

Advancing multifocal nonlinear microscopy: Development and application of a novel multibeam Yb:KGd(WO4)2 oscillator. K. E. Sheetz, E. E. Hoover, R. Carriles, D. Kleinfeld and J. A Squier, Optics Express (2008) 16:17574-15584.    PDF (0.3 Mb) Selected by the editor-in-chief, Gregory Faris, for publication in the Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics (http://vjbo.osa.org/virtual_issue.cfm).

Finding coherence in spontaneous oscillations. P. J. Drew, J. H. Duyn, E. Golanov and D. Kleinfeld, Nature Neuroscience (2008) 11:991-993.    PDF (0.7 Mb)

Texture coding in the rat whisker system:
Slip-stick versus differential resonance.
J. Wolfe, D. N. Hill, S. Pahlavan, P. J. Drew, D. Kleinfeld and D. E. Feldman, Public Library of Science: Biology (2008) 6:1661-1677.    PDF (4.7 Mb) Associated Primer "Whisker-Mediated Texture Discrimination" by M. E. Diamond, M. von Heimendahl and E. Arabzadeh, Public Library of Science: Biology (2008) 6:1627-1630.    PDF (2.9 Mb)

“Where” and “What” in the whisker sensorimotor system. M. E. Diamond, M. von Heimendahl, P. M. Knutsen, D. Kleinfeld and E. Ahissar, Nature Reviews of Neuroscience (2008) 9:601-612.    PDF (1.1 Mb)

In vivo measurements of blood flow and glial cell function with two-photon laser scanning microscopy. F. Helmchen and D. Kleinfeld, Methods in Enzymology (2008) 444:231-254.    PDF (1.5 Mb)

Biomechanics of the vibrissa motor plant in rat: Rhythmic whisking consists of triphasic neuromuscular activity. D. N. Hill, R. Bermejo, H. P. Zeigler and D. Kleinfeld, Journal of Neuroscience (2008) 28:3438-3455.    PDF (2.7 Mb); Simulation video  MPG (8.5 Mb)

Wilder Penfield in the age of YouTube: Visualizing the sequential activation of sensorimotor areas across neocortex. D. Kleinfeld and J. Waters, Neuron (2007) 56:760-762.    PDF (0.2 Mb)

Spherical aberration correction in nonlinear microscopy and optical ablation using a transparent deformable membrane. P. S. Tsai, B. Migliori, K. Campbell, T. Kim, Z. Kam, A. Groisman and D. Kleinfeld, Applied Physics Letters (2007) 91:191102.   PDF (0.7 Mb); Supplementary methods   PDF (0.4 Mb); News release, titled "An adjustable corrective lens for two-photon microscopys " by H. Hogan, featured in Biophotonics International.  PDF (0.5 Mb)

Suppressed neuronal activity and concurrent arteriolar vasoconstriction may explain negative blood oxygenation level-dependent signal[s]. A. Devor, P. Tian, N. Nishimura, I. C. Teng, E. M. C. Hillman, S. N. Narayanan, I. Ulbert, D. A. Boas, D. Kleinfeld and A. M. Dale, Journal of Neuroscience (2007) 27:4452-4459.  PDF (0.4 Mb)

Is there a common origin to surround-inhibition as seen through electrical activity versus hemodynamic changes? Focus on “Duration-dependent response in SI to vibrotactile stimulation”. A. Devor, A. Trevelyan and D. Kleinfeld, Journal of Neurophysiology (2007) 97:1880-1882.   PDF (0.1 Mb)

Large two-photon absorptivity of hemoglobin in the infrared range of 780 - 880 nm. G. O. Clay, C. B. Schaffer and D. Kleinfeld, Journal of Chemical Physics (2007) 126:025102.   PDF (0.3 Mb)

Active spatial perception in the vibrissa scanning sensorimotor system. S. B. Mehta, D. Whitmer, R. Figueroa, B. A. Williams and D. Kleinfeld, Public Library of Science: Biology (2007) 5:309-322.   PDF (2.5 Mb); supplementary methods   PDF (4.3 Mb)

Penetrating arterioles are a bottleneck in the perfusion of neocortex. N. Nishimura, C. S. Schaffer, B. Friedman, P. D. Lyden and D. Kleinfeld. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2007) 104:365-370.   PDF (4.1 Mb); supplementary methods   PDF (1.2 Mb) News release, titled "Bottleneck In Blood Supply Makes Brain Vulnerable To Strokes ", featured in Science Daily  PDF (0.1 Mb), Medical News Today, Newswise, HULIQ.com, PHYSORG.com, SpiritIndia.com, and MedIndia.com.

Active sensation: Insights from the rodent vibrissa sensorimotor system. D. Kleinfeld, E. Ahissar and M. E. Diamond. Current Opinions in Neurobiology (2006) 16:435-444.   PDF (0.2 Mb)

Laser photoablation: A new biomedical tool. N. Nishimura, C. B. Schaffer, B. Friedman, P. S. Tsai, P. D. Lyden and D. Kleinfeld. SPIE Newsroom (2006) http://spie.org/x8614.xml?highlight=x2416   PDF (0.2 Mb)

Exploratory whisking by rat is not phase-locked to the hippocampal theta rhythm. R. W. Berg, D. Whitmer and D. Kleinfeld. Journal of Neuroscience (2006) 26:6518–6522.   PDF (0.5 Mb)

Seeing what the mouse sees with its vibrissae: A matter of behavioral state. J. C. Curtis and D. Kleinfeld. Neuron (2006) 50:524-526.  PDF (0.2 Mb)

MPScope: A versatile software suite for multiphoton microscopy. Q.-T. Nguyen, P. S. Tsai and D. Kleinfeld, Journal of Neuroscience Methods (2006) 156:351-359   PDF (0.6 Mb). Featured in "Research from University of California, Physics Department yields new data on neuroscience'', Science Letter via Technology Marketing Corporation (2007) PDF (0.3 Mb).

Targeted insult to individual subsurface cortical blood vessels using ultrashort laser pulses: Three models of stroke. N. Nishimura, C. B. Schaffer, B. Friedman, P. S. Tsai, P. D. Lyden and D. Kleinfeld, Nature Methods (2006) 3:99-108   PDF (2.5 Mb); supplemetary methods   PDF (1.3 Mb); supplementary notes   PDF (0.1 Mb); cover   PDF (0.3 Mb). News and Views titled "Different strokes for rodent folks"by R Flaumenhaft and E. H. Lo, Nature Methods (2006) 3:79-80   PDF (0.6 Mb). News release, titled "Stroke modeled with increased precision", featured in Science Daily   PDF (0.5 Mb), United Press International, Dementia.com, Psychiatry24x7.com, Hum-Molgen News Alert, WebIndia, Post Chronicle, Biocompare Life Science News, and Monsters & Critics News. Additionally featured in "New bane for the rat brain" by K. Heyman in ScienceNow (27 January 2006)  PDF (0.6 Mb),"Laser lesions simulate microvessel stroke" by A. Burton in The Lancet 5:206  PDF (0.1 Mb), and "Neurological disorders - Making steps in stroke therapy" by S. Barton in Nature Reviews of Drug Discovery 5:187 and Nature Reviews of Neuroscience 7:173   PDF (0.1 Mb). Preliminary results featured in "Femtosecond laser pulses in biology: From microscopy to ablation and micromanipulation" by M. Arrigoni, Biophotonics International (June 2004) 48-51   PDF (0.7 Mb); and in "Micro-scalpel offers unprecedented precision" by K. Schmidt, New Scientist (25 March 2005) 40-45   PDF (1.1 Mb).

Spectral mixing in nervous systems: Experimental evidence and biologically plausible circuits. D. Kleinfeld and S. B. Mehta. Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement (2006) 161:86-98  PDF (1.5 Mb).

Two-photon imaging of cortical surface microvessels reveals a robust redistribution in blood flow after vascular occlusion. C. B. Schaffer, B. Friedman, N. Nishimura, L. F. Schroeder, P. S. Tsai, F. F. Ebner, P. D. Lyden and D. Kleinfeld. Public Library of Science: Biology (2006) 4:258-270   PDF (4.6 Mb) ; supplemental information    PDF (6.6 Mb) ; supplemental video  MOV (7.2 Mb)    and caption PDF (0.1 Mb). Synopsis titled "Redundancy in Cortical Surface Vessels Supports Persistent Blood Flow" by L. Gross, PLoS: Biology (2006) 2:e46    PDF (0.4 Mb). News release, titled “Laser technique sheds light on strokes”, featured in Science Daily    PDF (0.3 Mb), Medical News Today, YubaNet.com, What's New in Health, Innovations Report (Germany), PhysOrg.com, ProHealth.com, SLF Org News Center, WhatsNextNetwork.com, WebIndia, NewKerala.com, Science News, ProHealth.com, GlobalRPh.com, AlzheimerSupport.com, MedGadget.com, and OE Magazine (SPIE). Additionally featured in “Brain's blood re-routes round clots“ by J. Marshall in the New Scientist (2006) no. 2534    PDF (0.1 Mb), a news brief by P. Daukantas in Optics & Photonics News (February 2006), and a news brief by D. Burgess in Photonics Spectra (February 2006).

Spectroscopy of third harmonic generation: Evidence for resonances in model compounds and ligated hemoglobin. G. O. Clay, A. C. Millard, C. B. Schaffer, J. Aus-der-Au, P. S. Tsai, J. A. Squier and D. Kleinfeld. Journal of the Optical Society of America B (2006) 23:932-950.  PDF (1.8 Mb)

GABA-B mediated feedback: A mechanism to code stimulus frequency by latency in the thalamic network. D. Golomb, E. Ahissar and D. Kleinfeld, Journal of Neurophysiology (2006) 95:1735-1750.  PDF (0.9 Mb)


(2001 - 2005)

From art to engineering? The rise of in vivo mammalian electrophysiology through genetically targeted labeling and nonlinear imaging. D. Kleinfeld and O. Griesbeck. PLoS Biology (2005) 3:1685-1689.  PDF (0.6 Mb) Related material quoted in "Peering into the brain: New frontiers in neural imaging" by B. Patoine, Dana Foundation's Brain Work Neuroscience Newsletter (2005) 15:1-3.   PDF (0.3 Mb)

A femtosecond laser-drilled capillary integrated into a microfluidic device. T. N. Kim, K. Campbell, A. Groisman, D. Kleinfeld and C. B. Schaffer. Applied Physics Letters (2005) 86:201106.   PDF (0.3 Mb) Featured in "Femtosecond laser brings 3-D to microfluidics'' by R. Gaughan, Photonics Spectra (2005) August issue.   PDF (0.9 Mb)

Activation of nucleus basalis facilitates cortical control of a brainstem motor program. R. W. Berg, B. Friedman, L. F. Schroeder and D. Kleinfeld. Journal of Neurophysiology (2005) 94:699-711.   PDF (3.9 Mb)

Positive feedback in a brainstem tactile sensorimotor loop. Q.-T. Nguyen and D. Kleinfeld. Neuron (2005) 45:447-457.  PDF (0.7 Mb) Featured in "Preview: Navigating a sensorimotor loop" by E. E. Fanselow and B. W. Connors, Neuron (2005) 45:329-330. PDF (0.1 Mb) News release “Rat Whiskers Give Clues to Blinking Disorder” featured at Healthday.com (HealthDayNews) PDF (0.1 Mb) and picked up by CommunityMemorial.com (Menomonee Falls, WI), Forbes.com, GoTriad.com, HealthCentral.com, HealthFinder.gov (US Dept. HHS), HealthScout.com, Health.Yahoo.com, HON.ch (Health on the Net), hvlib.Integris-Health.com (Oklahoma City, OK), LifeClinic.com, NewsTrove.com, NorthShoreLIJ.com (North Shore - Long Island Jewish Health System, NY), Reflector.com (The Daily Reflector), and WaukeshaMemorial.org. “Eye Disorder Clue from Rat Whiskers “ featured at Health24.com (South Africa). “Rat Whisking May Provide Insight Into Debilitating Eye Disorder” featured at Innovations-Reports.com (Germany), NewsWise.com, ScienceDaily.com, UrekAlert.org (AAAS), and MediLexicon.com. PDF (0.1 Mb). "A Harry Clue About Blepharospam" featured in EyeOrbit (American Academy of Opthamology) PDF (0.1 Mb)

Goal-directed whisking behavior increases phase-locking between vibrissa movement and electrical activity in primary sensory cortex in rat. K. Ganguly and D. Kleinfeld. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2004) 101:12348-12353.   PDF (0.6 Mb) Supplemental Material. PDF (0.6 Mb)

Beyond observation: Microscopy with ultrashort laser pulses to probe and manipulate cortical vasculature. G. O. Clay, N. Nishimura, C. B. Schaffer, P. S. Tsai and D. Kleinfeld. SPIE International Technical Group Newsletter, Optics in Information Systems (2004)15:4-5.   PDF (1.2 Mb)

Current flow in vibrissa motor cortex can phase-lock with exploratory whisking in rat. K. F. Ahrens and D. Kleinfeld. Journal of Neurophysiology (2004) 92:1700-1707.   PDF (1.2 Mb) Featured in "What Makes Whiskers Shake? Focus on: Current Flow in Vibrissa Motor Cortex Can Phase-Lock With Exploratory Rhythmic Whisking in Rat'' by M. Brecht, Journal of Neurophysiology (2004) 92:1265-1266. PDF (0.1 Mb)

Ultrashort pulsed laser light: A cool tool for ultraprecise cutting of tissue and cells. P. S. Tsai, B. Friedman, J. A. Squier and D. Kleinfeld. Optics and Photonics News (2004) 15:24-29.    PDF (1.2 Mb)

Developmental regulation of active and passive membrane properties in rat vibrissa motoneurons. Q.-T. Nguyen, R. Wessel and D. Kleinfeld. Journal of Physiology (2004) 556:203-219.   PDF (0.9 Mb)

Frisking the whiskers: Coding of patterned sensory input in the rat vibrissa system. S. B. Mehta and D. Kleinfeld. Neuron (2003) 41:181-184.   PDF (1.0 Mb)

Reversing cerebellar long-term depression. V. Lev-Ram, S. B. Mehta, D. Kleinfeld and R. Y. Tsien. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2003) 100:15989-15993.    PDF (0.5 Mb) Featured in "Synaptic plasticity: Ups and downs of cerebellar plasticity" by S. Farley, Nature Reviews of Neuroscience 5:85 (2004).

Imaging reveals synaptic targets of a swim-terminating neuron in the leech CNS. A. Taylor, G. Cottrell, D. Kleinfeld and W. Kristan, Jr. Journal of Neuroscience (2003) 23:11402-11410.    PDF (0.5 Mb)

Vibrissa movement elicited by rhythmic electrical microstimuation to motor cortex in the aroused rat mimics exploratory whisking. R. W. Berg and D. Kleinfeld. Journal of Neurophysiology (2003) 90:2950-2963.   PDF (1.3 Mb)

All-optical histology using ultrashort laser pulses. P. S. Tsai, B. Friedman, A. I. Ifarraguerri, B. D. Thompson, V. Lev-Ram, C. B. Schaffer, Q. Xiong, R. Y. Tsien, J. A. Squier and D. Kleinfeld. Neuron (2003) 39:27-41.   PDF (0.9 Mb) Featured in "Femtosecond laser for cutting and imaging brain tissue" by P. Schewe, J. Riordon and B. Stein AIP Bulletin (Physics news update, 5 June 2003); "Lasers take 3D brain scans: Infrared light probes tissue a slice at a time" by G. Brumfiel, Nature (Science update, 10 June 2003); "Ultrafast lasers capture brain images", Photonics.com (Feature article, 2 July 2003); "Brain breakthrough", Fox 6 News (2 July 2003)   MOV (7.2 Mb); "Ultrafast lasers slice up high-quality brain tissue images", Space Daily (7 July 2003); "All-optical histology with femtosecond lasers" by S. Benka, Physics Today (Physics update, August 2003); "Ultrafast lasers enable all-optical histology" by D. Burgess, Photonics Spectra (August 2003); "All-optical histology using ultra-short laser pulses" by D. Boas, Photonics International (September 2003); "Mind-reader" by R. Smallridge, Nature Reviews - Molecular cell Biology (September 2003)   PDF (0.2 Mb); "Newest imaging methods begin 'golden age' of seeing inside body", by R. Ehrenberg, The Dallas Morning News (October 2003)   PDF (0.2 Mb); "Slice of Life: Researchers develop new techniques to unveil the architecture of tissues", by K. Heyman , The Scientist (November 2003)   PDF (0.3 Mb).

Unilateral vibrissa contact: Changes in amplitude but not the timing of vibrissa movement. R. H. S. Sachdev, R. W. Berg, G. Chompney, D. Kleinfeld and F. F. Ebner. Somatosensory and Motor Research (2003) 20:162-169.   PDF (0.2 Mb)

Rhythmic whisking in rat: Retraction as well as protraction is under active muscular control. R. W. Berg and D. Kleinfeld. Journal of Neurophysiology (2003) 89:104-117.   PDF (0.8 Mb)

Closed loop neuronal computations: Focus on vibrissa somatosensation in rat. E. Ahissar and D. Kleinfeld. Cerebral Cortex (2003) 13:53-62.   PDF (0.5 Mb)

Spectral mixing of rhythmic neuronal signals in sensory cortex. K. F. Ahrens, H. Levine, H. Suhl and D. Kleinfeld. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2002) 99:15176-15181.   PDF (0.4 Mb)

Adaptive filtering of vibrissa input in motor cortex of rat. D. Kleinfeld, R. N. S. Sachdev, L. M. Merchant, M. R. Jarvis and F. F. Ebner. Neuron (2002) 34:1021-1034.   PDF (0.7 Mb) Featured in "How does the human brain regulate sensory information", Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry (R&D Digest, July 2002).

Coherent electrical activity between vibrissa sensory areas of cerebellum and neocortex is enhanced during free whisking. S. M. O'Connor, R. W. Berg and D. Kleinfeld. Journal of Neurophysiology (2002) 87:2137-2148.   PDF (1.3 Mb)

Cortical imaging through the intact mouse skull using two-photon excitation laser scanning microscopy. E. J. Yoder and D. Kleinfeld. Microscopy Research and Technique (2002) 56:304-305.   PDF (0.3 Mb)

Traveling electrical waves in cortex: Insights from phase dynamics and speculation on a computational role. G. B. Ermentrout and David Kleinfeld. Neuron (2001) 29:33-44.   PDF (1.0 Mb)

Chattering and differential signal processing in identified motion-sensitive neurons of parallel visual pathways in the chick tectum. H. Luksch, H. J. Karten, D. Kleinfeld, and R. Wessel. Journal of Neuroscience (2001) 15:6440-6446.   PDF (0.3 Mb)


(1996 - 2000)

Distributed and largely separate pools of neurons may drive two different components of the gill withdrawl reflex in Aplysia. M. Zochowski, L. B. Cohen, G. Fuhrmann and D. Kleinfeld. Journal of Neuroscience (2000) 20:8485-8492.   PDF (0.7 Mb)

Direct evidence for local oscillatory current sources and intracortical phase gradients in turtle visual cortex. J. C. Prechtl, T. H. Bullock and D. Kleinfeld. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2000) 97:877-882. PDF (2.0 Mb)

Dendritic Ca2+-activated K+ conductances regulate electrical signal propagation in an invertebrate neuron. R. Wessel, W. B. Kristan Jr. and D. Kleinfeld. Journal of Neuroscience (1999) 19:8319-8326.   PDF (0.3 Mb)

Ultra-miniature headstage with 6-channel drive and vacuum-assisted micro-wire implantation for chronic recording from the neocortex. S. Venkatachalam, M. S. Fee and D. Kleinfeld. Journal of Neuroscience Methods (1999) 90:37-46.   PDF (0.9 Mb)

Identification of neural circuits by imaging coherent electrical activity with FRET-based dyes. T. W. Cacciatore, P. D. Brodfueher, J. E. Gonzalez, T. Jiang, S. R. Adams, R. Y. Tsien, W. B. Kristan Jr. and D. Kleinfeld. Neuron (1999) 23:449-459.   PDF (0.4 Mb)

Supralinear summation of synaptic inputs by an invertebrate neuron: Dendritic gain is mediated by an "inward rectifier" K+ current. R. Wessel, W. B. Kristan Jr. and D. Kleinfeld. Journal of Neuroscience (1999) 19:5875-5888.   PDF (0.6 Mb)

Anatomical loops and their electrical dynamics in relation to whisking by rat. D. Kleinfeld, R. W. Berg and S. M. O'Connor. Somatosensory and Motor Research (1999) 16:69-88.   PDF (1.1 Mb)

Fluctuations and stimulus-induced changes in blood flow observed in individual capillaries in layers 2 through 4 of rat neocortex. D. Kleinfeld, P. P. Mitra, F. Helmchen, and W. Denk. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (1998) 95:15741-15746;   PDF (0.4 Mb) Correction (1999) 96:8307c. PDF (0.1 Mb) Featured in "Multiphoton microscopy" by E. Samuel, OPN Trends, supplement to Optics & Photonics News (2001) 1:12-15. Reproduced in "Multiphoton Excitation Microscopy" (B.R. Masters, editor), 2003, SPIE Milestone Series of Selected Reprints, Bellingham, WA.

Charge displacements in interfacial layers containing reaction centers. P. Brzezinski, A. Messinger, Y. Blatt, A. Gopher and D. Kleinfeld. Journal of Membrane Biology (1998) 165:213-225.   PDF (0.2 Mb)

Voltage-sensitive dyes for monitoring multineuronal activity in the intact central nervous system. J.-Y. Wu, Y.-W, Lam, C. X. Falk, L. B. Cohen, J. Fang, L. Loew, J. C. Prechtl, D. Kleinfeld and Y. Tsau. Histochemical Journal (1998) 30:169-187.   PDF (1.1 Mb)

Central versus peripheral determinates of patterned spike activity in rat vibrissa cortex during whisking. M. S. Fee, P. P. Mitra and D. Kleinfeld. Journal of Neurophysiology (1997) 78:1144-1149.   PDF (1.9 Mb)

Functional study of the rat cortical microcircuitry with voltage-sensitive dye imaging of neocortical slices. R. Yuste, D. W. Tank and D. Kleinfeld. Cerebral Cortex (1997) 7:546-558.   PDF (0.4 Mb)

Visual stimuli induce waves of electrical activity in turtle cortex. J. C. Prechtl, L. B. Cohen, B. Pesaran, P. P. Mitra and D. Kleinfeld. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (1997) 94:7621-7626.   PDF (0.8 Mb)

In vivo dendritic calcium dynamics in neocortical neurons. K. Svoboda, W. Denk, D. Kleinfeld and D. W. Tank. Nature (1997) 385:161-165.   PDF (1.4 Mb) Featured in "The year of the dendrite" by T.J. Sejnowski, Science (1997) 275:178-179.

Variability of extracellular spike waveforms of cortical neurons. M. S. Fee, P. P. Mitra and D. Kleinfeld. Journal of Neurophysiology (1996) 76:3823-3833.   PDF (3.2 Mb)

Automatic sorting of multiple unit neuronal signals in the presence of anisotropic and non-Gaussian variability. M. S. Fee, P. P. Mitra and D. Kleinfeld. Journal of Neuroscience Methods (1996) 69:175:188;   PDF (0.5 Mb) erratum (1997) 71:233.   PDF (0.2 Mb)

Distributed representation of vibrissa movement in the upper layers of somatosensory cortex revealed with voltage sensitive dyes. D. Kleinfeld and K. R. Delaney. Journal of Comparative Neurology (1996) 375:89-108; PDF (7.7 Mb)   erratum (1997) 378:594.   PDF (0.1 Mb)

Central and reflexive neuronal responses elicited by odor in a terrestrial mollusc. R. Gervais, D. Kleinfeld, K. R. Delaney, and A. Gelperin. Journal of Neurophysiology (1996) 76:1327-1339.   PDF (6.6 Mb)

Oscillations and gaseous oxides in invertebrate olfaction. A. Gelperin, D. Kleinfeld, W. Denk and I. R. C. Cooke. Journal of Neurobiology (1996) 30:110-122.
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(1991 - 1995)

BDNF and NT-4/5 exert neurotrophic influences on injured adult spinal motor neurons. B. Friedman, D. Kleinfeld, N. Y. Ip, V. Verge, R. Moulton, P. Boland, E. Zlotchenko, R. M. Lindsay and L. Liu. Journal of Neuroscience (1995) 15:1044-1056.   PDF (3.7 Mb)

On temporal codes and the spatiotemporal response of neurons in the lateral geniculate nucleus. D. Golomb, D. Kleinfeld, R. C. Reid, R. M. Shapley and B. I. Shraiman. Journal of Neurophysiology (1994) 72:2990-3003.   PDF (4.9 Mb)

Anatomical and functional imaging of neurons and circuits using two photon laser scanning microscopy. W. Denk, K. R. Delaney, A. Gelperin, D. Kleinfeld, B. Strowbridge, D. W. Tank and R. Yuste. Journal of Neuroscience Methods (1994) 54:151-162.   PDF (1.7 Mb) Reproduced in "Multiphoton Excitation Microscopy" (B.R. Masters, editor), 2002, SPIE Milestone Series of Selected Reprints, Bellingham, WA.

Odors, oscillations and waves: Does it all compute? D.W. Tank, A. Gelperin and D. Kleinfeld. Science (1994) 265:1819-1820.   PDF (0.5 Mb)

Dynamics of propagating waves in the olfactory network of a terrestrial mollusc: An electrical and optical study. D. Kleinfeld, K. R. Delaney, M. S. Fee, J. A. Flores, D.W. Tank and A. Gelperin. Journal of Neurophysiology (1994) 72:1402-1419.   PDF (2.9 Mb)

Waves and stimulus-modulated dynamics in an oscillating olfactory network. K. R. Delaney, A. Gelperin, M. S. Fee, J. A. Flores, R. Gervais, D. W. Tank and D. Kleinfeld. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (1994) 91:669-673.   PDF (8.0 Mb)

Stimulus dependent synchronization of neuronal assemblies. E. Grannan, D. Kleinfeld and H. Sompolinsky. Neural Computation (1993) 5:550-569.   PDF (1.1 Mb)

Noninvasive detection of changes in membrane potential in cultured neurons via light-scattering. R. A. Stepnoski, A. LaPorta, F. Raccuia-Behling, G. E. Blonder, R. E. Slusher and D. Kleinfeld. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (1991) 88:9382-9386.   PDF (1.3 Mb) Featured in "Noninvasive Optical Spectroscopy and Imaging of Human Brain Function", by A. Villringer and B. Chance, Trends in Neuroscience (1997) 20:435-442.

Long-term optical recording of patterns of electrical activity in ensembles of cultured Aplysia neurons. T. D. Parsons, B. M. Salzberg, A. L. Obaid, F. Raccuia-Behling and D. Kleinfeld. Journal of Neurophysiology (1991) 66:316-333.   PDF (7.4 Mb)

Cooperative dynamics in visual processing. H. Sompolinsky, D. Golomb and D. Kleinfeld. Physical Review A (1991) 43:6990-7011.   PDF (3.6 Mb)


(1986 - 1990)

Comment on `Physical mechanisms underlying neurite outgrowth: A quantitative analysis of neuronal shape'. D. Kleinfeld, F. Raccuia-Behling and G. E. Blonder. Physical Review Letters (1990) 65:3064.   PDF (0.2 Mb)

Foreign connections are formed in vitro by Aplysia californica interneurone L10 and its in vivo followers and non-followers. D. Kleinfeld, T. D. Parsons, F. Raccuia-Behling, B. M. Salzberg and A. L. Obaid. Journal of Experimental Biology (1990) 154:237-255.   PDF(1.6 Mb)

Global processing of visual stimuli in a neural network of coupled oscillators. H. Sompolinsky, D. Golomb and D. Kleinfeld. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (1990) 87:7200-7204.   PDF 1.1 Mb) Reproduced in "Artificial neural networks: Oscillations, chaos, and sequence processing" (L. Wang and D.C. Alkon, editors), 1993, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, pp. 70-74.

Circuits constructed from identified Aplysia neurons exhibit multiple patterns of persistent activity. D. Kleinfeld, F. Raccuia-Behling and H. J. Chiel. Biophysical Journal (1990) 57:697-715.   PDF (1.7 Mb)

Optical recording of the electrical activity of synaptically interacting Aplysia neurons in culture using potentiometric probes. T. D. Parsons, D. Kleinfeld, F. Raccuia-Behling and B. M. Salzberg. Biophysical Journal (1989) 56:213-221.   PDF (0.9 Mb)

Associative neural network models for the generation of temporal patterns: Theory and application to central pattern generators. D. Kleinfeld and H. Sompolinsky. Biophysical Journal (1988) 54:1039-1051.   PDF (1.4 Mb) Reproduced in the anthology "Artificial neural networks: Oscillations, chaos, and sequence processing" (L. Wang and D.C. Alkon, editors), 1993, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, pp. 56-69.

Controlled outgrowth of dissociated neurons on patterned substrates. D. Kleinfeld, K. R. Kahler and P. E. Hockberger. Journal of Neuroscience (1988) 8:4098-4120.   PDF (2.8 Mb) Featured in "A new form of organic gardening" by I. Amato, Science (1992) 258:1084.

"Unlearning" increases the storage capacity of content addressable memories. D. Kleinfeld and D. B. Pendergraft. Biophysical Journal (1987) 51:47-53.   PDF (0.7 Mb)

Sequential state generation by model neural networks. D. Kleinfeld. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (1986) 83:9469-9473.   PDF (1.1 Mb)


(1981 - 1985)

Charge recombination kinetics as a probe of protonation of the primary acceptor in photosynthetic reaction centers. D. Kleinfeld, M. Y. Okamura and G. Feher. Biophysical Journal (1985) 48:849-852.   PDF (0.5 Mb)

Electron transfer in reaction centers from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides: II. Free energy and kinetic relations between the acceptor Q-AQ-B and QAQB2-. D. Kleinfeld, M. Y. Okamura and G. Feher. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (1985) 809:291-310.   PDF (1.5 Mb)

Electron-transfer kinetics in photosynthetic reaction centers cooled to cryogenic temperatures in the charge-separated state: Evidence for light-induced structural changes. D. Kleinfeld, M. Y. Okamura and G. Feher. Biochemistry (1984) 23:5780-5786.   PDF (1.3 Mb)

Electron transfer in reaction centers from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides: I. Determination of the charge recombination pathway of DQAQ-B and free energy and kinetic relations between Q-AQB and QAQ-B. D. Kleinfeld, M. Y. Okamura and G. Feher. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (1984) 766:126-140.   PDF (1.2 Mb)

Damping of oscillations in the semiquinone absorption in reaction centers after successive flashes: Determination of the equilibrium between Q-AQB and QAQ-B. D. Kleinfeld, E. C. Abresch, M. Y. Okamura and G. Feher. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (1984) 765:406-409.   PDF (0.3 Mb)


Date Modified: 12/2008

David Kleinfeld, PhD
Physics Department
UC San Diego
dk@physics.ucsd.edu