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Frances Skinner
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Research
Latest papers
Building a mathematical model of the brain.
eLife · 2024 · first author
Hyperpolarization-Activated Cation Channels Shape the Spiking Frequency Preference of Human Cortical Layer 5 Pyramidal Neurons.
eNeuro · 2023
Adaptive unscented Kalman filter for neuronal state and parameter estimation.
Journal of computational neuroscience · 2023
Latest funding
- $273,175
Merging Mathematical Models and Experimental Data of Brain Rhythms to Identify Cell-Specific Pathways Modified in Brain Injury Disease States
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
- $576,000
Cellular-based Mechanisms Underlying Oscillatory Brain Dynamics
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
- $240,000
Mechanisms underlying brain dynamics: contributions and control by inhibitory cells and networks
NSERC · 2011 · Principal investigator
4 publications.
Building a mathematical model of the brain.
Skinner F
Hyperpolarization-Activated Cation Channels Shape the Spiking Frequency Preference of Human Cortical Layer 5 Pyramidal Neurons.
Inibhunu H, Moradi Chameh H, Skinner F, Rich S, Valiante TA
Adaptive unscented Kalman filter for neuronal state and parameter estimation.
Azzalini LJ, Crompton D, D'Eleuterio GMT, Skinner F, Lankarany M
Size does matter: generation of intrinsic network rhythms in thick mouse hippocampal slices.
Wu C, Luk WP, Gillis J, Skinner F, Zhang L
Merging Mathematical Models and Experimental Data of Brain Rhythms to Identify Cell-Specific Pathways Modified in Brain Injury Disease States
Principal investigators: Skinner, Frances
Cellular-based Mechanisms Underlying Oscillatory Brain Dynamics
Principal investigators: Skinner, Frances
Keywords: biophysical local field potential model; brain rhythms; computational, mathematical model; hippocampus; inhibitory cells; interneurons; microcircuit; multi-compartment model; neuronal networks; oscillations
Mechanisms underlying brain dynamics: contributions and control by inhibitory cells and networks
Principal investigators: Skinner, Frances
Brain rhythms and dynamic states: control by cortical inhibitory networks
Principal investigators: Skinner, Frances
Synchronization mechanisms in cortical inhibitory networks: Controllers of brian rhythms
Principal investigators: Skinner, Frances
The role of electrical coupling in cortical interneuronal networks
Principal investigators: Skinner, Frances
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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