Publications

Updated: October 2023


2023

Agmon H. and Burak Y.
Simultaneous embedding of multiple attractor manifolds in a recurrent neural network using constrained gradient optimization.
NeurIPS (2023). Preprint


2022

Waaga T. (*), Agmon H. (*), Normand V.A., Nagelhus A., Gardner R.J., Moser M.-B., Moser E.I., and Burak Y.
Grid-cell modules remain coordinated when neural activity is dissociated from external sensory cues.
* Equal contributors.
Neuron (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2022.03.011. Link

Ben-Shushan N. (*), Shaham N. (*), Joshua M., and Burak Y.
Fixational drift is driven by diffusive dynamics in central neural circuitry.
* Equal contributors.
Nature Communications 13, 1697 (2022). Link

Gardner R.J., Hermansen E., Pachitariu M., Burak Y., Baas N.A., Dunn B.A., Moser M.-B., and Moser E.I.
Toroidal topology of population activity in grid cells.
Nature (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04268-7. Link

Malerba S.B., Pieropan M., Burak Y., and da Silveira R.A.
Random Compressed Coding with Neurons.
bioRxiv 2022.01.06.475186. Link


2021

Ginosar G., Aljadeff J., Burak Y., Sompolinsky, H., Las, L., and Ulanovsky, N.
Locally ordered representation of 3D space in the entorhinal cortex.
Nature (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s4158. Link


2020

Agmon H. and Burak Y.
A theory of joint attractor dynamics in the hippocampus and the entorhinal cortex accounts for artificial remapping and grid cell field-to-field variability.
eLife 9, e56894. Link


2019

Mosheiff N. and Burak Y.
Velocity coupling of grid cell modules enables stable embedding of a low dimensional variable in a high dimensional neural attractor.
eLife 8, e48494. LINK

Rotem A., Gefen T., Oviedo-Casado S., Prior J., Schmitt S., Burak Y., McGuiness L., Jelezko F., and Retzker A.
Limits on spectral resolution measurements by quantum probes.
Physical Review Letters 122, 060503. LINK


2017

Ravid Tannenbaum, N. and Burak Y.,
Theory of nonstationary Hawkes processes.
Physical Review E 96, 062314. Editors’ Suggestion. LINK

Mosheiff, N, Agmon H, Moriel A, and Burak Y.
An efficient coding theory for a dynamic trajectory predicts non-uniform allocation of entorhinal grid cells to modules.
PLoS Computational Biology 13, e1005597. LINK

Shaham N. and Burak Y.
Slow diffusive dynamics in a chaotic balanced neural network.
PLoS Computational Biology 13, e1005505. LINK


2016

Ravid-Tannenbaum, N. and Burak Y.
Shaping Neural Circuits by High Order Synaptic Interactions.
PLoS Computational Biology 12, e1005056. LINK


2014

Burak Y.
Spatial coding and attractor dynamics of grid cells in the entorhinal cortex.
Current Opinion in Neurobiology 25, 169. F1000 Recommended. LINK


2013

Ali F., Otchy T. M., Pehlevan C., Fantana A. L., Burak Y., and Ölveczky B. P.
The Basal Ganglia Is Necessary for Learning Spectral, but Not Temporal, Features of Birdsong.
Neuron 80, 494. LINK


2012

Burak Y. and Fiete I. R.
Fundamental limits on persistent activity in networks of noisy neurons.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 109 17645. LINK


2010

Burak Y., Rokni U., Meister M., and Sompolinsky H.
Bayesian model of dynamic image stabilization in the visual system.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 107, 17645. LINK


2009

Burak Y and Shraiman B. I.,
Order and Stochastic Dynamics in Drosophila Planar Cell Polarity.
PLoS Computational Biology 5, e1000628. LINK

Burak Y., Lewallen S., and Sompolinsky H.,
Stimulus-Dependent Correlations in Threshold-Crossing Spiking Neurons.
Neural Computation 21, 2269. LINK

Burak Y. and Fiete I. R.,
Accurate Path Integration in Continuous Attractor Network Models of Grid Cells.
PLoS Computational Biology 5, e1000291. LINK


2008

Fiete I. R., Burak Y., and Brookings T.
What grid cells convey about rat location.
The Journal of Neuroscience 28, 6858. LINK

Kanduc M., Trulsson M., Naji A., Burak Y., Forsman J., and Podgornik R.
Weak- and strong-coupling electrostatic interactions between asymmetrically charged planar surfaces.
Physical Review E 78, 061105. LINK

Welinder P.E., Burak Y., and Fiete I. R.
Grid cells: the position code, neural network models of activity, and the problem of learning.
Hippocampus 18, 1283. LINK


2007

Thattai M., Burak Y., and Shraiman B. I.
The origins of specificity in polyketide synthase protein interactions.
PLoS Computational Biology 3, 1827. LINK

Ben-Yaakov D., Burak Y., Andelman D., and Safran S. A.
Electrostatic interactions of asymmetrically charged membranes.
Europhysics Letters 79, 48002. LINK


2006

Burak Y. and Fiete I. R.
Do we understand the emergent dynamics of grid cell activity?
The Journal of neuroscience 26, 9352. LINK

Burak Y. and Orland H.
Manning condensation in two dimensions.
Physical Review E 73, 010501. Rapid Communication. LINK


2005

Burak Y.
Ph.D. Thesis: Effects of solvent mediated interactions on electrolytes and related electrostatic systems.


2004

Burak Y., Andelman D., and Orland H.
Test-charge theory for the electric double layer.
Physical Review E 70, 016102. LINK

Burak Y., Ariel G., and Andelman D.
Competition between condensation of monovalent and multivalent ions in DNA aggregation.
Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science 9, 53. LINK

Burak Y. and Netz R. R.
Charge regulation of interacting weak polyelectrolytes.
Journal of Physical Chemistry B 108, 4840. LINK


2003

Burak Y., Ariel G., and Andelman D.
Onset of DNA aggregation in presence of monovalent and multivalent counterions.
Biophysical Journal 85, 2100. LINK


2001

Burak Y. and Andelman D.
Discrete aqueous solvent effects and possible attractive forces.
Physical Review E 62, 5296. LINK


2000

Burak Y. and Andelman D.
Hydration interactions: aqueous solvent effects in electric double layers.
Physical Review E 62, 5296. LINK