Becker LA, Penagos H, Flores FF, Manoach DS, Wilson MA, Varela C. Eszopiclone and Zolpidem Produce Opposite Effects on Hippocampal Ripple Density. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 2022. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2021.792148/full
Desai, N; Varela, C. Distinct Burst Properties Contribute to the Functional Diversity of Thalamic Nuclei. J Comp Neurol. 2021 Mar 15. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cne.25141
Varela C, Wilson MA. mPFC Spindle Cycles Organize Sparse Thalamic Activation and Recently Active CA1 cells During non-REM Sleep. eLife. 2020 June 11; DOI: 10.7554/eLife.48881
https://elifesciences.org/articles/48881
https://elifesciences.org/articles/48881
Varela C, Ahmad S. A dendritic mechanism for dynamic routing and control in the thalamus. COSYNE 2019
http://cosyne.org/c/index.php?title=Cosyne_19
http://cosyne.org/c/index.php?title=Cosyne_19
Penagos H, Varela C, Wilson MA. Oscillations, neural computations and sleep. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 2017 Jun;44:193-201.doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2017.05.009.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28570953/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28570953/
Varela C, Wilson MA. Thalamic Contributions to Neocortico-Hippocampal Interactions during Sleep. COSYNE 2017
Varela C, Weiss S, Meyer R, Halassa M, Biedenkapp J, Wilson MA, Goosens KA, Bendor D. Tracking the time-dependent role of the hippocampus in memory recall using DREADDs. PLoS One, 2016. May 4;11(5):e0154374. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154374.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27145133/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27145133/
Duan AR, Varela C, Zhang Y, Shen Y, Xiong L, Wilson MA, Lisman J. Delta Frequency Optogenetic Stimulation of the Thalamic Nucleus Reuniens Is Sufficient to Produce Working Memory Deficits: Relevance to Schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry. 2015 Jun 15;77(12):1098-1107. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.01.020. Epub 2015 Feb 28.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25891221/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25891221/
Wilson MA, Varela C, Remondes M. Phase organization of network computations. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 2015. Feb10; 31C:250-253. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.12.011.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=varela+wilson+remondes
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=varela+wilson+remondes
Varela C. (2014) Thalamic neuromodulation and its implications for executive networks. Front. Neural Circuits 8:69. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2014.00069
http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncir.2014.00069/abstract
http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncir.2014.00069/abstract
Varela C, Kumar S, Yang JY, Wilson MA. Anatomical substrates for direct interactions between hippocampus, medial prefrontal cortex and the thalamic nucleus reuniens. Brain Structure & Function 219, no. 3 (May 2014): 911–29. doi:10.1007/s00429-013-0543-5
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23571778
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23571778
Varela C. (2013). The gating of neocortical information by modulators. J Neurophysiol. Mar;109(5):1229-32. doi: 10.1152/jn.00701.2012. Epub 2012 Sep 5
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22956786
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22956786
Varela C, Llano DA, Theyel BB. An introduction to in vitro slice approaches for the study of neuronal circuitry. Chapter 6, in “Neuronal Network Analysis”, part of “Neuromethods Series”, Springer, 2012.
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/263010952_An_Introduction_to_In_Vitro_Slice_Approaches_for_the_Study_of_Neuronal_Circuitry
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/263010952_An_Introduction_to_In_Vitro_Slice_Approaches_for_the_Study_of_Neuronal_Circuitry
Varela C, Sherman SM. Differences in response to serotonergic activation between first and higher order thalamic nuclei. Cereb Cortex. 2009 Aug; 19(8):1776-86.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19029063
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19029063
Varela C, Sherman SM. Differences in response to muscarinic activation between first and higher order thalamic relays. J Neurophysiol. 2007 Dec; 98(6):3538-47.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17942627
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17942627
Lam YW, Cox CL, Varela C, Sherman SM. Morphological correlates of triadic circuitry in the lateral geniculate nucleus of cats and rats. J Neurophysiol. 2005 Feb;93(2):748-57.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15653787
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15653787
Rivadulla C, Martínez LM, Varela C, Cudeiro J. Completing the corticofugal loop: a visual role for the corticogeniculate type I metabotropic glutamate receptor. J Neurosci. 2002 Apr 1;22(7):2956-62.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11923460
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11923460
