Farshad Shirani

Jul 25, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Farshad Shirani |Benjamin Freeman

AbstractWhether interspecific competition is a major contributing factor in setting species' range limits has been debated for a long time. Evolutionary models have helped propose a possible mechanism: interspecific competition interacts with the disruptive effects of gene flow along an environmental gradient to halt range expansion of species when they meet and compete with each other. However, the stability of such range limits has not previously been well-addressed.

Mar 18, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Farshad Shirani |Hannah Choi

New Results doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.10.523489 AbstractOverall balance of excitation and inhibition in cortical networks is central to their functionality and normal operation. Such orchestrated co-evolution of excitation and inhibition is established through convoluted local interactions between neurons, which are organized by specific network connectivity structures and are dynamically controlled by modulating synaptic activities.