Publications
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Publications
Spatially structured heterogeneity shapes large-scale cortical dynamics in a model of the human cortex
Leonardo Dalla Porta, Jan Fousek, Alain Destexhe, Maria V. Sanchez-Vives. PNAS, 123(28), e2532072123, 2026.
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Functional Whole-Brain Models: A New Framework for Unifying Brain Structure and Cognitive Function
Mario Senden, Leonardo Dalla Porta, Jan Fousek, Jorge F. Mejias, Gorka Zamora-López. arXiv, 2026.
Slow waves generation and propagation in a model of brain lesions
Gianluca Gaglioti, Leonardo Dalla Porta, Michele Angelo Colombo, Simone Russo, Thierry Nieus, Gustavo Deco, Maurizio Corbetta, Simone Sarasso, Maria V. Sanchez-Vives, Marcello Massimini. NeuroImage, 329, 121817, 2026.
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Riemannian Geometry for the Classification of Brain States with Intracortical Brain Recordings
Arnau Marin‐Llobet, Sergio Sánchez‐Manso, Arnau Manasanch, Lluc Tresserras, Xinhe Zhang, Yining Hua, Hao Zhao, Melody Torao‐Angosto, Maria V. Sanchez‐Vives, Leonardo Dalla Porta. Adv. Intell. Syst., 8(2), e202500480, 2026.
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Intra- and interhemispheric signatures of criticality at the onset of synchronization
Leonardo Dalla Porta, Pietro Bozzo, Marco N. Pompili, Damien Depannemaecker, Antonio J. Fontenele, Tomoki Fukai, Pierpaolo Sorrentino, Giovanni Rabuffo. bioRxiv, 2025.
The connectome modulates critical brain dynamics across local and global scales
Giovanni Rabuffo, Pietro Bozzo, Bach Nguyen, Damien Depannemaecker, Marco N. Pompili, Leonardo L. Gollo, Tomoki Fukai, Pierpaolo Sorrentino, Leonardo Dalla Porta. bioRxiv, 2025.
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State-dependent brain responsiveness, from local circuits to the whole brain
Alain Destexhe, Jennifer S Goldman, Nuria Tort-Colet, Axel Roques, Jan Fousek, Spase Petkoski, Viktor Jirsa, Olivier David, Maciej Jedynak, Cristiano Capone, Chiara MG De Luca, Giulia De Bonis, Pier S Paolucci, Ezequiel Mikulan, Andrea Pigorini, Marcello Massimini, Andrea Galluzzi, Antonio Pazienti, Maurizio Mattia, Alessandro Arena, Bjorn E Juel, Espen Hagen, Johan F Storm, Elena Montagni, Francesco Resta, Francesco S Pavone, Anna L Allegra Mascaro, Abhi Dwarakanath, Theofanis I Panagiotaropoulos, Johanna Senk, Markus Diesmann, Alessandra Camassa, Leo Dalla Porta, Arnau Manasanch, Maria V. Sanchez-Vives. eLife, 14, RP108768, 2025.
Multiscale dynamical characterization of cortical brain states: from synchrony to asynchrony
Maria V. Sanchez-Vives, Arnau Manasanch, Andrea Pigorini, Alessandro Arena, Alessandra Camassa, Bjørn Erik Juel, Leonardo Dalla Porta, Cristiano Capone, Chiara De Luca, Giulia De Bonis, Jennifer Goldman, Maria Sacha, Andrea Galluzzi, Antonio Pazienti, Ezequiel Mikulan, Johan Storm, Pier Stanislao Paolucci, Marcello Massimini, Maurizio Mattia, Alain Destexhe. eLife, 14, RP108613, 2025.
Characterizing sleep stages through the complexity-entropy plane in human intracranial data and in a whole-brain model
Helena Bordini de Lucas, Leonardo Dalla Porta, Alain Destexhe, Maria V. Sanchez-Vives, Osvaldo A. Rosso, Cláudio R. Mirasso, Fernanda Selingardi Matias. arXiv, 2025
Efficient on-chip cross-subject local field potential decoding for implantable neural interfaces
Arnau Marin-Llobet, Victoria Clerico, Samuel López-Asunción, Arnau Manasanch, Irene Merino, Melody Torao-Angosto, Pablo Ituero, Maria V. Sanchez-Vives, Leonardo Dalla Porta. IEEE IJCNN, 2161-4407, 2025.
Neural models for detection and classification of brain states and transitions
Arnau Marin-Llobet, Arnau Manasanch, Leonardo Dalla Porta, Melody Torao-Angosto, Maria V Sanchez-Vives. Commun. Biol., 8(1), 599, 2025.
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H‐current modulation of cortical Up and Down states
Leonardo Dalla Porta, Almudena Barbero‐Castillo, José Manuel Sanchez‐Sanchez, Nathalia Cancino, Maria V. Sanchez‐Vives. J. Physiol., 603(8), 2409-2424, 2025.
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Spatiotemporal network dynamics and structural correlates in the human cerebral cortex in vitro
Joana Covelo, Alessandra Camassa, Jose Manuel Sanchez-Sanchez, Arnau Manasanch, Leonardo Dalla Porta, Nathalia Cancino-Fuentes, Almudena Barbero-Castillo, Rita M Robles, Miquel Bosch, Silvia Tapia-Gonzalez, Paula Merino-Serrais, Mar Carreño, Estefania Conde-Blanco, Jordi Rumià Arboix, Pedro Roldán, Javier DeFelipe, Maria V. Sanchez-Vives. Prog. Neurobiol., 246, 102719, 2025.
Brain state identification and neuromodulation to promote recovery of consciousness
Glenn J M van der Lande, Diana Casas-Torremocha, Arnau Manasanch, Leonardo Dalla Porta, Olivia Gosseries, Naji Alnagger, Alice Barra, Jorge F Mejías, Rajanikant Panda, Fabio Riefolo, Aurore Thibaut, Vincent Bonhomme, Bertrand Thirion, Francisco Clasca, Pau Gorostiza, Maria V Sanchez-Vives, Gustavo Deco, Steven Laureys, Gorka Zamora-López, Jitka Annen. Brain Communications, 6(5), fcae362, 2024.
M-current modulation of cortical slow oscillations: Network dynamics and computational modeling
Leonardo Dalla Porta, Almudena Barbero-Castillo, Jose Sanchez-Sanchez, Maria V. Sanchez-Vives. PLoS Comput Biol, 19(7), e1011246, 2023.
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Feedforward and feedback influences through distinct frequency bands between two spiking-neuron networks
Leonardo Dalla Porta, Daniel M. Castro, Mauro Copelli, Pedro V. Carelli, and Fernanda S. Matias. Phys. Rev. E, 104(5), 054404, 2022.
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Impact of GABA_A and GABA_B Inhibition on Cortical Dynamics and Perturbational Complexity during Synchronous and Desynchronized States
Almudena Barbero-Castillo, Pedro Mateos-Aparicio, Leonardo Dalla Porta, Alessandra Camassa, Lorena Perez-Mendez and Maria V. Sanchez-Vives. J. Neurosci, 41(23), 5029, 2021.
A mean-field approach to the dynamics of networks of complex neurons, from nonlinear Integrate-and-Fire to Hodgkin–Huxley models
M. Carlu, O. Chehab, L. Dalla Porta, D. Depannemaecker, C. Héricé, M. Jedynak, E. Köksal Ersöz, P. Muratore, S. Souihel, C. Capone, Y. Zerlaut, A. Destexhe, and M. di Volo. J. Neurophysiol., 123(3), 1042, 2020.
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Exploring the Phase-Locking Mechanisms Yielding Delayed and Anticipated Synchronization in Neuronal Circuits
Leonardo Dalla Porta, Fernanda S. Matias, Alfredo J. dos Santos, Ana Alonso, Pedro V. Carelli, Mauro Copelli, and Claudio R. Mirasso. Front. Syst. Neurosci., 13, 41, 2019.
Criticality between Cortical States
Antonio J. Fontenele, Nivaldo A. P. de Vasconcelos, Thais Feliciano, Leandro A. A. Aguiar, Carina Soares-Cunha, Barbara Coimbra, Leonardo Dalla Porta, Sidarta Ribeiro, Ana Joao Rodrigues, Nuno Sousa, Pedro V. Carelli, and Mauro Copelli. Phys. Rev. Lett., 122, 208101, 2019.
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Modeling neuronal avalanches and long-range temporal correlations at the emergence of collective oscillations: Continuously varying exponents mimic M/EEG results
Leonardo Dalla Porta, and Mauro Copelli. PLoS Comput. Bio., 15(4), e1006924, 2019.
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