Costalunga G, Vallentin D, Benichov JI A neuroethological view of the multifaceted sensory influences on birdsong, Current Opinion in Neurobiology, Volume 86, June 2024, 102867
Costalunga G, Sanchez-Carpena C, Seltmann S, Benichov JI, Vallentin D. Wild nightingales flexibly match whistle pitch in real time, Curr. Biol. 2023 July 14
Sibille J, Gehr C, Benichov JI, Balasubramanian H, Teh KL, Lupashina T, High-density electrode recordings reveal strong and specific connections between retinal ganglion cells and midbrain neurons, Nat. Comm., 5 September 2022
Vallentin D, Kremkow J. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32775-2 PDF
Norton P*, Benichov JI*, Pexirra M, Schreiber S, Vallentin D.
A feedforward inhibitory premotor circuit for auditory–vocal interactions in zebra finches, PNAS 2022
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2118448119 PDF
Banerjee A, Vallentin D.
Convergent behavioral strategies and neural computations during vocal turn-taking across diverse species, Current Opinion in Neurobiology, Volume 73, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2022.102529 PDF
Inhibition within a premotor circuit controls the timing of vocal turn-taking in zebra finches, Nat.Comm. 2020
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13938-0 PDF
Benichov JI, Vallentin D.
Picardo MA, Merel J, Katlowitz KA, Vallentin D, Okobi DE, Benezra SE, Clary RC, Pnevmatikakis EA, Paninski L, Long MA.
Population-Level Representation of a Temporal Sequence Underlying Song Production in the Zebra Finch. Neuron. 2016 May 18; 90(4):866-76.
doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.02.016. PDF
Vallentin D, Kosche G, Lipkind D, Long MA.
Inhibition protects acquired song segments during vocal learning in zebra finches. Science. 2016 Jan 15; 351(6270):267-71.
doi: 10.1126/science.aad3023. PDF
Benichov JI, Benezra SE, Vallentin D, Globerson E, Long MA, Tchernichovski O.
The Forebrain Song System Mediates Predictive Call Timing in Female and Male Zebra Finches. Curr Biol. 2016 Feb 8; 26(3):309-18.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.12.037. Epub 2016 Jan 7. PDF
Kosche G, Vallentin D, Long MA.
Interplay of inhibition and excitation shapes a premotor neural sequence. J Neurosci. 2015 Jan 21;35(3):1217-27.
doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4346-14.2015. PDF
Vallentin D, Long MA.
Motor origin of precise synaptic inputs onto forebrain neurons driving a skilled behavior. J Neurosci. 2015 Jan 7;35(1):299-307.
doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3698-14.2015. PDF
English DF, Peyrache A, Stark E, Roux L, Vallentin D, Long MA, Buzsáki G.
Excitation and inhibition compete to control spiking during hippocampal ripples: intracellular study in behaving mice. J Neurosci. 2014 Dec 3;34(49):16509-17.
doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2600-14.2014. PDF
Vallentin D, Bongard S, Nieder A.
Numerical rule coding in the prefrontal, premotor, and posterior parietal cortices of macaques. J Neurosci. 2012 May 9;32(19):6621-30.
doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5071-11.2012. PDF
Jacob SN, Vallentin D, Nieder A.
Relating magnitudes: the brain's code for proportions. Trends Cogn Sci. 2012 Mar;16(3):157-66.
doi:10.1016/j.tics.2012.02.002. Review. PDF
Vallentin D, Nieder A.
Representations of visual proportions in the primate posterior parietal and prefrontal cortices. Eur J Neurosci. 2010 Oct;32(8):1380-7.
doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07427.x. PDF
Vallentin D, Nieder A.
Behavioral and prefrontal representation of spatial proportions in the monkey. Curr Biol. 2008 Sep 23;18(18):1420-5.
doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.08.042. PDF