David Hansel

Scientific articles

• Synchrony timescales underlie irregular neocortical spiking
  Jagruti J. Pattadkal, Ronan T. O’Shea, David Hansel, Thibaud Taillefumier, Darrin H. Brager, Nicholas J. Priebe.
  Neuron. 2026-02-01. 114(4) : 724-739.e19.
  10.1016/j.neuron.2025.11.005
• Reward-driven adaptation of movements requires strong recurrent basal ganglia–cortical loops
  Arthur Leblois, Thomas Boraud, David Hansel.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2025-12-11. 122(50)
  10.1073/pnas.2515994122
• Stability and robustness of idiosyncratic choice bias
  Lior Lebovich, Lea Kaplan, David Hansel, Yonatan Loewenstein.
  Communications Psychology. 2025-05-17. 3(1)
  10.1038/s44271-025-00263-0
• Mechanisms underlying the response of mouse cortical networks to optogenetic manipulation
  Alexandre Mahrach, Guang Chen, Nuo Li, Carl van Vreeswijk, David Hansel.
  eLife. 2020-01-17. 9
  10.7554/elife.49967
• Spatiotemporal constraints on optogenetic inactivation in cortical circuits
  Nuo Li, Susu Chen, Zengcai V Guo, Han Chen, Yan Huo, Hidehiko K Inagaki, Guang Chen, Courtney Davis, David Hansel, Caiying Guo, Karel Svoboda.
  eLife. 2019-11-18. 8
  10.7554/elife.48622
• Idiosyncratic choice bias naturally emerges from intrinsic stochasticity in neuronal dynamics
  Lior Lebovich, Ran Darshan, Yoni Lavi, David Hansel, Yonatan Loewenstein.
  Nature Human Behaviour. 2019-09-02. 3(11) : 1190-1202.
  10.1038/s41562-019-0682-7
• Dynamics and orientation selectivity in a cortical model of rodent V1 with excess bidirectional connections
  Shrisha Rao, David Hansel, Carl van Vreeswijk.
  Scientific Reports. 2019-03-04. 9(1)
  10.1038/s41598-019-40183-8
• Strength of Correlations in Strongly Recurrent Neuronal Networks
  Ran Darshan, Carl van Vreeswijk, David Hansel.
  Physical Review X. 2018-09-17. 8(3)
  10.1103/physrevx.8.031072
• Emergent Orientation Selectivity from Random Networks in Mouse Visual Cortex
  Jagruti J. Pattadkal, German Mato, Carl van Vreeswijk, Nicholas J. Priebe, David Hansel.
  Cell Reports. 2018-08-01. 24(8) : 2042-2050.e6.
  10.1016/j.celrep.2018.07.054
• The Role of Striatal Feedforward Inhibition in the Maintenance of Absence Seizures.
  T. Arakaki, S. Mahon, S. Charpier, A. Leblois, D. Hansel.
  Journal of Neuroscience. 2016-09-14. 36(37) : 9618-9632.
  10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0208-16.2016
• A reanalysis of “Two types of asynchronous activity in networks of excitatory and inhibitory spiking neurons”
  Rainer Engelken, Farzad Farkhooi, David Hansel, Carl van Vreeswijk, Fred Wolf.
  F1000Research. 2016-08-22. 5 : 2043.
  10.12688/f1000research.9144.1
• Quantifying Repetitive Transmission at Chemical Synapses: A Generative-Model Approach
  Alessandro Barri, Yun Wang, David Hansel, Gianluigi Mongillo.
  eneuro. 2016-03-01. 3(2) : ENEURO.0113-15.2016.
  10.1523/eneuro.0113-15.2016
• Asynchronous Rate Chaos in Spiking Neuronal Circuits
  Omri Harish, David Hansel.
  PLOS Computational Biology. 2015-07-31. 11(7) : e1004266.
  10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004266
• Interference and shaping in sensorimotor adaptations with rewards.
  Ran Darshan, Arthur Leblois, David Hansel.
  PLoS Comput Biol. 2014-01-09. 10(1) : e1003377.
  10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003377
• Short-Term Plasticity Explains Irregular Persistent Activity in Working Memory Tasks
  David Hansel, German Mato.
  The Journal of Neuroscience. 2013-01-02. 33(1) : 133-149.
  10.1523/jneurosci.3455-12.2013
• Bistability and Spatiotemporal Irregularity in Neuronal Networks with Nonlinear Synaptic Transmission
  Gianluigi Mongillo, David Hansel, Carl van Vreeswijk.
  Physical Review Letters. 2012-04-10. 108(15)
  10.1103/physrevlett.108.158101
• The Mechanism of Orientation Selectivity in Primary Visual Cortex without a Functional Map
  David Hansel, Carl van Vreeswijk.
  The Journal of Neuroscience. 2012-03-21. 32(12) : 4049-4064.
  10.1523/jneurosci.6284-11.2012
• The Role of Intrinsic Cell Properties in Synchrony of Neurons Interacting via Electrical Synapses
  David Hansel, Germán Mato, Benjamin Pfeuty.
  Phase Response Curves in Neuroscience. 2011-11-29. : 361-398.
  10.1007/978-1-4614-0739-3_15
• On the Distribution of Firing Rates in Networks of Cortical Neurons
  Alex Roxin, Nicolas Brunel, David Hansel, Gianluigi Mongillo, Carl van Vreeswijk.
  The Journal of Neuroscience. 2011-11-09. 31(45) : 16217-16226.
  10.1523/jneurosci.1677-11.2011
• Synchronous Chaos and Broad Band Gamma Rhythm in a Minimal Multi-Layer Model of Primary Visual Cortex
  Demian Battaglia, David Hansel.
  PLoS Computational Biology. 2011-10-06. 7(10) : e1002176.
  10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002176
• Power-Law Input-Output Transfer Functions Explain the Contrast-Response and Tuning Properties of Neurons in Visual Cortex
  Erez Persi, David Hansel, Lionel Nowak, Pascal Barone, Carl van Vreeswijk.
  PLoS Computational Biology. 2011-02-24. 7(2) : e1001078.
  10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001078
• Short-Term Facilitation may Stabilize Parametric Working Memory Trace
  Vladimir Itskov, David Hansel, Misha Tsodyks.
  Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. 2011-01-01. 5
  10.3389/fncom.2011.00040
• Very long transients, irregular firing, and chaotic dynamics in networks of randomly connected inhibitory integrate-and-fire neurons
  Rüdiger Zillmer, Nicolas Brunel, David Hansel.
  Physical Review E. 2009-03-18. 79(3)
  10.1103/physreve.79.031909
• Physiology of MPTP Tremor
  Hagai Bergman, Aeyal Raz, Ariela Feingold, Asaph Nini, Israel Nelken, Ben-Pazi Hilla, David Hansel, Avinoam Reches.
  Movement Disorders. 2008-10-20. 13(S3) : 29-34.
  10.1002/mds.870131305
• Temporal Decorrelation of Collective Oscillations in Neural Networks with Local Inhibition and Long-Range Excitation
  Demian Battaglia, Nicolas Brunel, David Hansel.
  Physical Review Letters. 2007-12-07. 99(23)
  10.1103/physrevlett.99.238106
• Late emergence of synchronized oscillatory activity in the pallidum during progressive parkinsonism
  Arthur Leblois, Wassilios Meissner, Bernard Bioulac, Christian E. Gross, David Hansel, Thomas Boraud.
  European Journal of Neuroscience. 2007-09-14. 26(6) : 1701-1713.
  10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05777.x
• Mechanisms of Firing Patterns in Fast-Spiking Cortical Interneurons
  David Golomb, Karnit Donner, Liron Shacham, Dan Shlosberg, Yael Amitai, David Hansel.
  PLoS Computational Biology. 2007-08-10. 3(8) : e156.
  10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030156
• Inhibition potentiates the synchronizing action of electrical synapses
  Benjamin Pfeuty.
  Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. 2007-01-01. 1
  10.3389/neuro.10.008.2007
• How Noise Affects the Synchronization Properties of Recurrent Networks of Inhibitory Neurons
  Nicolas Brunel, David Hansel.
  Neural Computation. 2006-05-01. 18(5) : 1066-1110.
  10.1162/neco.2006.18.5.1066
• Competition between feedback loops underlies normal and pathological dynamics in the basal ganglia
  A. Leblois.
  Journal of Neuroscience. 2006-03-29. 26(13) : 3567-3583.
  10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5050-05.2006
• Rate Models with Delays and the Dynamics of Large Networks of Spiking Neurons
  Alex Roxin, Nicolas Brunel, David Hansel.
  Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement. 2006-01-01. 161 : 68-85.
  10.1143/ptps.161.68
• Subthalamic high frequency stimulation resets subthalamic firing and reduces abnormal oscillations
  Wassilios Meissner, Arthur Leblois, David Hansel, Bernard Bioulac, Christian E. Gross, Abdelhamid Benazzouz, Thomas Boraud.
  Brain. 2005-08-25. 128(10) : 2372-2382.
  10.1093/brain/awh616
• Role of Delays in Shaping Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Neuronal Activity in Large Networks
  Alex Roxin, Nicolas Brunel, David Hansel.
  Physical Review Letters. 2005-06-16. 94(23)
  10.1103/physrevlett.94.238103
• The Combined Effects of Inhibitory and Electrical Synapses in Synchrony
  Benjamin Pfeuty, Germán Mato, David Golomb, David Hansel.
  Neural Computation. 2005-03-01. 17(3) : 633-670.
  10.1162/0899766053019917
• How shunting inhibition affects the discharge of lumbar motoneurones: a dynamic clamp study in anaesthetized cats
  L. Brizzi, C. Meunier, D. Zytnicki, M. Donnet, D. Hansel, B. Lamotte D'Incamps, C. Van Vreeswijk.
  The Journal of Physiology. 2004-07-01. 558(2) : 671-683.
  10.1113/jphysiol.2003.059964
• How Spike Generation Mechanisms Determine the Neuronal Response to Fluctuating Inputs
  Nicolas Fourcaud-Trocmé, David Hansel, Carl van Vreeswijk, Nicolas Brunel.
  The Journal of Neuroscience. 2003-12-17. 23(37) : 11628-11640.
  10.1523/jneurosci.23-37-11628.2003
• Rate Models for Conductance-Based Cortical Neuronal Networks
  Oren Shriki, David Hansel, Haim Sompolinsky.
  Neural Computation. 2003-08-01. 15(8) : 1809-1841.
  10.1162/08997660360675053
• Electrical Synapses and Synchrony: The Role of Intrinsic Currents
  Benjamin Pfeuty, Germán Mato, David Golomb, David Hansel.
  The Journal of Neuroscience. 2003-07-16. 23(15) : 6280-6294.
  10.1523/jneurosci.23-15-06280.2003
• Asynchronous States and the Emergence of Synchrony in Large Networks of Interacting Excitatory and Inhibitory Neurons
  D. Hansel, G. Mato.
  Neural Computation. 2003-01-01. 15(1) : 1-56.
  10.1162/089976603321043685
• How Noise Contributes to Contrast Invariance of Orientation Tuning in Cat Visual Cortex
  D. Hansel, C. van Vreeswijk.
  The Journal of Neuroscience. 2002-06-15. 22(12) : 5118-5128.
  10.1523/jneurosci.22-12-05118.2002
• Patterns of Synchrony in Neural Networks with Spike Adaptation
  C. van Vreeswijk, D. Hansel.
  Neural Computation. 2001-05-01. 13(5) : 959-992.
  10.1162/08997660151134280
• Existence and Stability of Persistent States in Large Neuronal Networks
  D. Hansel, G. Mato.
  Physical Review Letters. 2001-04-30. 86(18) : 4175-4178.
  10.1103/physrevlett.86.4175
• On Synchrony of Weakly Coupled Neurons at Low Firing Rate
  L. Neltner, D. Hansel.
  Neural Computation. 2001-04-01. 13(4) : 765-774.
  10.1162/089976601300014330
• Synchrony of rest tremor in multiple limbs in Parkinson’s disease: evidence for multiple oscillators
  H. Ben-Pazi, H. Bergman, J. A. Goldberg, N. Giladi, D. Hansel, A. Reches, E. S. Simon.
  Journal of Neural Transmission. 2001-03-20. 108(3) : 287-296.
  10.1007/s007020170074
• Chapter 21 Mechanisms of synchrony of neural activity in large networks
  D. Golomb, D. Hansel, G. Mato.
  Handbook of Biological Physics. 2001-01-01. : 887-968.
  10.1016/s1383-8121(01)80024-5
• Synchrony in Heterogeneous Networks of Spiking Neurons
  L. Neltner, D. Hansel, G. Mato, C. Meunier.
  Neural Computation. 2000-07-01. 12(7) : 1607-1641.
  10.1162/089976600300015286
• The Number of Synaptic Inputs and the Synchrony of Large, Sparse Neuronal Networks
  D. Golomb, D. Hansel.
  Neural Computation. 2000-05-01. 12(5) : 1095-1139.
  10.1162/089976600300015529
• On Numerical Simulations of Integrate-and-Fire Neural Networks
  D. Hansel, G. Mato, C. Meunier, L. Neltner.
  Neural Computation. 1998-02-01. 10(2) : 467-483.
  10.1162/089976698300017845
• Traveling Waves and the Processing of Weakly Tuned Inputs in a Cortical Network Module
  Rani Ben-Yishai, David Hansel, Haim Sompolinsky.
  Journal of Computational Neuroscience. 1997-01-01. 4(1) : 57-77.
  10.1023/a:1008816611284
• SYNCHRONIZED CHAOS IN LOCAL CORTICAL CIRCUITS
  D. HANSEL.
  International Journal of Neural Systems. 1996-09-01. 07(04) : 403-415.
  10.1142/s0129065796000385
• Chaos and synchrony in a model of a hypercolumn in visual cortex
  D. Hansel, H. Sompolinsky.
  Journal of Computational Neuroscience. 1996-03-01. 3(1) : 7-34.
  10.1007/bf00158335
• Synchrony in Excitatory Neural Networks
  D. Hansel, G. Mato, C. Meunier.
  Neural Computation. 1995-03-01. 7(2) : 307-337.
  10.1162/neco.1995.7.2.307
• Clustering and slow switching in globally coupled phase oscillators
  D. Hansel, G. Mato, C. Meunier.
  Physical Review E. 1993-11-01. 48(5) : 3470-3477.
  10.1103/physreve.48.3470
• Patterns of synchrony in a heterogeneous Hodgkin-Huxley neural network with weak coupling
  D. Hansel, G. Mato.
  Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 1993-11-01. 200(1-4) : 662-669.
  10.1016/0378-4371(93)90573-m
• Solvable model of spatiotemporal chaos
  D. Hansel, H. Sompolinsky.
  Physical Review Letters. 1993-10-25. 71(17) : 2710-2713.
  10.1103/physrevlett.71.2710
• Phase Dynamics for Weakly Coupled Hodgkin-Huxley Neurons
  D Hansel, G Mato, C Meunier.
  Europhysics Letters (EPL). 1993-08-10. 23(5) : 367-372.
  10.1209/0295-5075/23/5/011
• Memorization Without Generalization in a Multilayered Neural Network
  D Hansel, G Mato, C Meunier.
  Europhysics Letters (EPL). 1992-11-01. 20(5) : 471-476.
  10.1209/0295-5075/20/5/015
• Broken symmetries in multilayered perceptrons
  E. Barkai, D. Hansel, H. Sompolinsky.
  Physical Review A. 1992-03-01. 45(6) : 4146-4161.
  10.1103/physreva.45.4146
• Clustering in globally coupled phase oscillators
  D. Golomb, D. Hansel, B. Shraiman, H. Sompolinsky.
  Physical Review A. 1992-03-01. 45(6) : 3516-3530.
  10.1103/physreva.45.3516
• Synchronization and computation in a chaotic neural network
  D. Hansel, H. Sompolinsky.
  Physical Review Letters. 1992-02-03. 68(5) : 718-721.
  10.1103/physrevlett.68.718
• Statistical mechanics of a multilayered neural network
  E. Barkai, D. Hansel, I. Kanter.
  Physical Review Letters. 1990-10-29. 65(18) : 2312-2315.
  10.1103/physrevlett.65.2312
• Learning from Examples in a Single-Layer Neural Network
  D Hansel, H Sompolinsky.
  Europhysics Letters (EPL). 1990-04-01. 11(7) : 687-692.
  10.1209/0295-5075/11/7/018
• On the phase diagram of the chiral Potts model
  J C Angles d'Auriac, D Hansel, J M Maillard.
  Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General. 1989-07-07. 22(13) : 2577-2585.
  10.1088/0305-4470/22/13/048
• Information processing in three-state neural networks
  C. Meunier, D. Hansel, A. Verga.
  Journal of Statistical Physics. 1989-06-01. 55(5-6) : 859-901.
  10.1007/bf01041070
• On diffusion equations for dynamical systems driven by noise
  D. Hansel, J. F. Luciani.
  Journal of Statistical Physics. 1989-02-01. 54(3-4) : 971-995.
  10.1007/bf01019784
• Symmetries of models with genus > 1
  D. Hansel, J.M. Maillard.
  Physics Letters A. 1988-10-01. 133(1-2) : 11-14.
  10.1016/0375-9601(88)90726-8
• Dimensional reduction and correlation functions on 3D lattice models
  A Georges, D Hansel, P Le Doussal, J M Maillard.
  Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General. 1987-10-21. 20(15) : 5299-5309.
  10.1088/0305-4470/20/15/041
• Analytical properties of the anisotropic cubic Ising model
  D. Hansel, J. M. Maillard, J. Oitmaa, M. J. Velgakis.
  Journal of Statistical Physics. 1987-07-01. 48(1-2) : 69-80.
  10.1007/bf01010400
• The replica momenta of a spin-glass and the phase diagram of n-colour Ashkin-Teller models
  A. Georges, D. Hansel, P. Le Doussal, J.M. Maillard.
  Journal de Physique. 1987-01-01. 48(1) : 1-9.
  10.1051/jphys:019870048010100
• Rigorous bounds and the replica method for products of random matrices
  J P Bouchard, A Georges, D Hansel, P Le Doussal, J M Maillard.
  Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General. 1986-12-21. 19(18) : L1145-L1152.
  10.1088/0305-4470/19/18/006
• An α=1/2singularity in the vicinity of a disorder variety and its random walk interpretation
  A Georges, D Hansel, P Le Doussal, J M Maillard.
  Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General. 1986-04-21. 19(6) : L329-L333.
  10.1088/0305-4470/19/6/006
• The vicinity of the disorder varieties: a systematic expansion
  A Georges, D Hansel, P Le Doussal, J M Maillard.
  Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General. 1986-04-21. 19(6) : 1001-1005.
  10.1088/0305-4470/19/6/027
• Rigorous bounds for 2D disordered ising models
  A. Georges, D. Hansel, P. Le Doussal, J.M. Maillard, J.P. Bouchaud.
  Journal de Physique. 1986-01-01. 47(6) : 947-953.
  10.1051/jphys:01986004706094700
• Exact properties of spin glasses. – I. 2D supersymmetry and Nishimori’s result
  A. Georges, D. Hansel, P. Le Doussal.
  Journal de Physique. 1985-01-01. 46(8) : 1309-1317.
  10.1051/jphys:019850046080130900
• Exact properties of spin glasses. II. Nishimori’s line : new results and physical implications
  A. Georges, D. Hansel, P. Le Doussal, J.-P. Bouchaud.
  Journal de Physique. 1985-01-01. 46(11) : 1827-1836.
  10.1051/jphys:0198500460110182700