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Brainstem Networks Dynamics & Neuromodulation

From brainstem circuits to the neocortex, uncovering the neural mechanisms of memory.

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Exercise acutely modulates hippocampal-neocortical ripple dynamics

Ramirez-Cardenas A & Ramirez-Villegas JF et al. Brain Communications. 2026...

Juan Ramirez VillegasFebruary 12, 2026

Coupling of hippocampal theta and ripples with pontogeniculooccipital waves

Ramirez-Villegas JF, Besserve M, Murayama Y, Evrard HC, Oeltermann A...

Juan Ramirez VillegasJanuary 20, 2021

Dissecting the frequency-dependent network mechanisms of in vivo hippocampal sharp wave-ripples

Ramirez-Villegas JF, Willeke KF, Logothetis NK & Besserve M. Neuron....

Juan Ramirez VillegasNovember 7, 2018

Diversity of sharp wave-ripple complexes reveals differentiated brain-wide dynamical events

Ramirez-Villegas JF, Logothetis NK & Besserve M. PNAS. 2015 112(46):...

Juan Ramirez VillegasNovember 17, 2015

Abstract visualization of saliency-based visual attention model

A saliency-based bottom-up visual attention model for dynamic scenes analysis

Ramirez-Moreno DF, Schwartz O & Ramirez-Villegas JF. Biological Cybernetics. 2013...

Juan Ramirez VillegasMarch 15, 2013

Abstract visualization of color coding in the visual cortex

Color coding in the cortex: A modified approach to bottom-up visual attention

Ramirez-Villegas JF & Ramirez-Moreno DF. Biological Cybernetics. 2012 107(1): 39-47

Juan Ramirez VillegasSeptember 5, 2012

Abstract illustration of heart and brain neural connectio

Heart rate variability dynamics for the prognosis of cardiovascular risk

Ramirez-Villegas JF, Lam-Espinosa E, Ramirez-Moreno DF, Calvo-Echeverry PC & Agredo-Rodriguez...

Juan Ramirez VillegasFebruary 11, 2011

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