2005 · PLoS Computational Biology
The Human Connectome: A Structural Description of the Human Brain
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651 papers in total2014 · Neuron
Sleep and the Price of Plasticity: From Synaptic and Cellular Homeostasis to Memory Consolidation and Integration
2,367 citationsRead
2005 · Sleep Medicine Reviews
Sleep function and synaptic homeostasis
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2004 · Nature
Local sleep and learning
1,857 citationsRead
2016 · Nature reviews. Neuroscience
Integrated information theory: from consciousness to its physical substrate
1,738 citationsRead
2004 · BMC Neuroscience
An information integration theory of consciousness
1,732 citationsRead
Newest first
651 papers in total2025
2023
- Integrated information theory (IIT) 4.0: Formulating the properties of phenomenal existence in physical termsPLoS Computational Biology · 283 citations
- An adversarial collaboration protocol for testing contrasting predictions of global neuronal workspace and integrated information theoryPLoS ONE · 114 citations
- An adversarial collaboration to critically evaluate theories of consciousnessbioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 90 citations
2022
- Quantifying arousal and awareness in altered states of consciousness using interpretable deep learningNature Communications · 125 citations
2021
- The why and how of sleep-dependent synaptic down-selectionSeminars in Cell and Developmental Biology · 73 citations
- Mechanism Integrated InformationEntropy · 72 citations
2020
- EEG microstates of dreamsScientific Reports · 90 citations
2019
- Sleep and synaptic down‐selectionEuropean Journal of Neuroscience · 214 citations
- Regional Delta Waves In Human Rapid Eye Movement SleepJournal of Neuroscience · 156 citations
- Why Does Space Feel the Way it Does? Towards a Principled Account of Spatial ExperienceEntropy · 153 citations
- A fast and general method to empirically estimate the complexity of brain responses to transcranial and intracranial stimulationsBrain stimulation · 133 citations
- Fear in dreams and in wakefulness: Evidence for day/night affective homeostasisHuman Brain Mapping · 102 citations
- Connectivity differences between consciousness and unconsciousness in non-rapid eye movement sleep: a TMS–EEG studyScientific Reports · 95 citations
- Sleep Deprivation by Exposure to Novel Objects Increases Synapse Density and Axon–Spine Interface in the Hippocampal CA1 Region of Adolescent MiceJournal of Neuroscience · 94 citations
2018
- Local and Widespread Slow Waves in Stable NREM Sleep: Evidence for Distinct Regulation MechanismsFrontiers in Human Neuroscience · 171 citations
- Dreaming in NREM Sleep: A High-Density EEG Study of Slow Waves and SpindlesJournal of Neuroscience · 145 citations
- PyPhi: A toolbox for integrated information theoryPLoS Computational Biology · 121 citations
- Regulation of cortical activity and arousal by the matrix cells of the ventromedial thalamic nucleusNature Communications · 118 citations
- Myelin modifications after chronic sleep loss in adolescent miceSLEEP · 88 citations
- Frequent lucid dreaming associated with increased functional connectivity between frontopolar cortex and temporoparietal association areasScientific Reports · 79 citations
- Closed-loop system to enhance slow-wave activityJournal of Neural Engineering · 78 citations
- Black-boxing and cause-effect powerPLoS Computational Biology · 73 citations
2017
- The neural correlates of dreamingNature Neuroscience · 712 citations
- Ultrastructural evidence for synaptic scaling across the wake/sleep cycleScience · 574 citations
- Are the Neural Correlates of Consciousness in the Front or in the Back of the Cerebral Cortex? Clinical and Neuroimaging EvidenceJournal of Neuroscience · 573 citations
- Sleep Loss Promotes Astrocytic Phagocytosis and Microglial Activation in Mouse Cerebral CortexJournal of Neuroscience · 419 citations
- Local aspects of sleep and wakefulnessCurrent Opinion in Neurobiology · 214 citations
- Selective neuronal lapses precede human cognitive lapses following sleep deprivationNature Medicine · 200 citations
- Measures of metabolism and complexity in the brain of patients with disorders of consciousnessNeuroImage Clinical · 179 citations
Research in numbers
From OpenAlex- article187
- book chapter6
- review5
- book1
- preprint1
- Journal of Neuroscience22
- SLEEP17
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences11
- PLoS Computational Biology9
- Journal of Neurophysiology7
- Chiara Cirelli68
- Marcello Massimini35
- Brady A. Riedner29
- Fabio Ferrarelli28
- Reto Huber24
Experience and education
Universities
2003 to 2026University of Wisconsin System
2001 to 2026University of Wisconsin–Madison
2017Ilia State University
2013University of California, Santa Barbara
2012University of Liège
2011City University of New York
2010Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
1989 to 2010University of Pisa
1989 to 1990Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Industry and labs
2023Allen Institute for Brain Science