Bradley Voytek

1 month ago | jneurosci.org | Michael Preston |Natalie Schaworonkow |Bradley Voytek

AbstractBiological neural networks translate sensory information into neural code that is held in memory over long timescales. Theories for how this occurs often posit a functional role of neural oscillations. However, recent advances show that neural oscillations are often confounded with non-oscillatory, aperiodic neural activity.

Oct 1, 2024 | elifesciences.org | Morgan Fitzgerald |Bradley Voytek |Fabian Schmidt |Eena Kosik

In March 2014, a team of cosmologists made headlines around the world when they reported possible evidence for cosmic inflation – an extremely short period during which the universe rapidly expanded immediately after the Big Bang (Ade et al., 2014). However, it later emerged that some of the signal this result was based on had been produced by something seemingly quite insignificant: cosmic dust (Cowen, 2015).

Nov 15, 2023 | nature.com | Sydney Smith |Bradley Voytek

AbstractElectroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the most efficacious interventions for treatment-resistant depression. Despite its efficacy, ECT’s neural mechanism of action remains unknown. Although ECT has been associated with “slowing” in the electroencephalogram (EEG), how this change relates to clinical improvement is unresolved.