PUBLICATIONS
2011
Hess A, Axmann R, Rech J, Finzel S, Heindl C, Kreitz S, Sergeeva M, Saake M, Garcia M, Kollias G, Straub RH, Sporns O, Doerfler A, Brune K, Schett G (2011) Blockade of TNF-α rapidly inhibits
pain responses in the central nervous system. Proc Natl Acad Sci
USA 108, 3731-3736.
Cahalene DJ, Clancy B, Kingsbury MA, Graf E,
Sporns O, Finlay BL (2011) Network structure implied
by initial axon outgrowth in rodent cortex: Empirical measurement and models. PLoS ONE 6, e16113.
Sporns O (2011) Networks
of the Brain. MIT Press. GET
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2010
Jirsa VK, Sporns
O, Breakspear M, Deco G, McIntosh AR (2010) Towards the virtual brain: Network modeling of the intact
and the damaged brain. Arch. Ital. Biol. 148, 189-205.
Hagmann P, Sporns
O, Madan N, Cammoun L, Pienaar R, Wedeen VJ, Meuli R, Thiran J-P, Grant PE
(2010) White matter maturation reshapes structural connectivity in the late
developing human brain. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107, 19067-19072.
Sporns O, Körner,
E (2010) Value and self-referential control: Necessary ingredients for the
autonomous development of flexible intelligence. In: Towards a Theory of
Thinking, Glatzeder, BM, et al. (eds.), pp. 323-335,
Heidelberg: Springer.
Sporns O (2010) Brain
networks and embodiment. In: Mind in Context, Mesquita B, Feldman Barrett L, Smith ER, eds., pp. 42-64, New
York: Guilford Press.
Hagmann P, Cammoun
L, Gigandet X, Gerhard S, Grant PE, Wedeen V, Meuli R, Thiran JP, Honey CJ, Sporns O
(2010) MR connectomics: Principles and challenges. J. Neurosci.
Methods 194, 34-45.
Sporns O (2010)
Connectome. Scholarpedia 5,
5584.
Honey CJ, Thivierge JP, Sporns O (2010) Can structure predict function in the human
brain? Neuroimage 52, 766-776.
Rubinov M, Sporns
O (2010) Complex network measures of brain connectivity: Uses and
interpretations. Neuroimage
52, 1059-1069.
2009
Knock SA, McIntosh AR, Sporns O, Kötter R, Hagmann P, Jirsa VK (2009) The effects of
physiologically plausible connectivity structure on local and global dynamics
in large scale brain models. J. Neurosci. Methods 183, 86-94.
Alstott, J, Breakspear, M, Hagmann, P, Cammoun, L, Sporns, O (2009)
Modeling the impact of lesions in the human brain.
PLoS Comput Biol 5,
1000408.
Rubinov, M, Sporns, O, van Leeuwen, C, Breakspear, M (2009) Symbiotic relationship between brain
dynamics and architectures. BMC
Neuroscience 10, 55.
Deco, G, Jirsa,
V, McIntosh, AR, Sporns, O, Kötter,
R (2009) Key role of coupling, delay, and noise in resting brain fluctuations. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106,
10302-10307.
Sporns O (2009) The
human connectome: Linking structure and function in the human brain. In: Diffusion MRI: From quantitative
measurement to in vivo neuroanatomy. Johansen-Berg, H., Behrens, TEJ (eds), pp. 309-332, Academic Press, Amsterdam.
Sporns O (2009) From
complex networks to intelligent systems.
In: Creating Brain-Like Intelligence, Sendhoff,
B et al. (eds.), Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, pp 15-30, Springer,
Berlin.
Honey CJ, Sporns O, Cammoun L, Gigandet X, Thiran JP, Meuli R, Hagmann P (2009) Predicting human resting-state functional
connectivity from structural connectivity.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106, 2035-2040.
Bullmore, E.T, Sporns,
O. (2009) Complex brain networks: graph-theoretical analysis of structural and
functional systems. Nature Reviews
Neuroscience 10, 186-198.
2008
Pfeifer, R, Lungarella, M, Sporns O (2008) The synthetic
approach to embodied cognition: A primer.
Handbook of Cognitive Science: An Embodied Approach, Calvo,
O and Gomila, A, (eds), pp. 121-137, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Yaeger, L, Griffith, V, Sporns O (2008) Passive and driven trends in the evolution
of complexity. Artificial Life XI. Proceedings of the Eleventh International
Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems, Cambridge,
MA: MIT Press.
Hagmann, P., Cammoun,
L., Gigandet, X., Meuli,
R., Honey, C.J., Wedeen, V.J., Sporns,
O. (2008) Mapping the structural core of human cerebral cortex. PLoS Biology 6,
e159.
Honey, CJ, Sporns,
O (2008) Dynamical consequences of lesions in cortical networks.
Human Brain Mapping 29, 802-809.
2007
Pfeifer, R., Lungarella, M., Sporns, O., Kuniyoshi, Y. (2007) On the information theoretic implications of embodiment –
principles and methods. In: Lungarella, M, Iida, F, Bongard,
J., Pfeifer, R, (eds), 50 Years of AI, Lecture Notes
in Artificial Intelligence 4850, pp 76-86, Springer Verlag,
Berlin.
Polani, D., Sporns, O., Lungarella, M. (2007)
How information and embodiment shape intelligent information processing.
In: Lungarella, M, Iida, F, Bongard, J., Pfeifer, R, (eds),
50 Years of AI, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 4850, pp 99-111,
Springer Verlag, Berlin.
Kötter, R, Reid, A.T., Krumnack,
A., Wanke, E., Sporns, O.
(2007) Shapley ratings in brain networks.
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics 1:2 doi:
10.3398/neuro.11/002.2007.
Sporns, O. (2007) Complexity. Scholarpedia, p.
24234.
Sporns, O. (2007) Brain Connectivity. Scholarpedia,
p.24184.
Sporns, O., Honey, C.J.,
and Kötter, R. (2007) Identification and
Classification of Hubs in Brain Networks. PLoS ONE 2, e1049.
Sporns, O., and Tononi, G. (2007) Structural determinants of functional
brain dynamics. In: Jirsa, V., and
McIntosh, A.R. (eds.) Handbook of Brain Connectivity,
Da Costa, L., and Sporns,
O. (2007) Diversity of cortical states at non-equilibrium simulated by the
ferromagnetic Ising model under Metropolis
dynamics. J. Bifurc.
Chaos 17, 2387-2398.
Da Costa, L., Sporns,
O., Antiqueira, L., das Gracas
Volpe Nunes, M., and Oliveira, O.N. (2007)
Correlations between structure and random walk dynamics in directed complex
networks. Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 054107.
Honey, C.J., Kötter, R., Breakspear, M., Sporns, O. (2007)
Network structure of cerebral cortex shapes functional connectivity on multiple
time scales. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
104, 10240-10245.
Sporns, O. (2007) What neuro-robotic
models can tell us about neural and cognitive development. In: “Neuroconstructivism:
Perspectives and Prospects”, pp. 179-204, Mareschal,
D., Sirois, S., Westermann,
G. & Johnson, M.H., eds., Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
2006
Lungarella, M., and Sporns, O. (2006) Mapping information flow in sensorimotor networks. PLoS Comp. Biol. 2, 1301-1312.
Sporns, O. and Lungarella, M.
2006. Evolving
coordinated behavior by maximizing information structure. In Rocha, L. et al.
eds. Artificial Life X.
Yaeger, L., and Sporns, O.
(2006) Evolution of neural structure and complexity in a computational ecology.
In Rocha, L. et al. eds. Artificial Life X.
Sporns, O.
(2006) Small-world connectivity, motif composition, and complexity of fractal
neuronal connections. BioSystems 85,
55-64.
Chadderdon, G., Sporns, O.
(2006) A Large-Scale Neurocomputational Model of Task-Oriented Behavior
Selection and Working Memory in Prefrontal Cortex. J. Cogn.
Neurosci. 18, 242-257.
Da F. Costa, L., and Sporns, O. (2006) Hierarchical features of large-scale cortical connectivity. Eur. Phys. J. B 48, 567-573.
2005
Sporns,
O., Tononi, and Kötter, R.
(2005) The human connectome: A structural description of the human brain.
PLoS Computational Biology 1, 245-251.
Seth, A., Sporns, O. and Krichmar,
J. (2005) Neurorobotic models in neuroscience and
neuroinformatics. Neuroinformatics 3, 167-170.
Lungarella, M., Pegors, T.,
Bulwinkle, D., and Sporns,
O. (2005) Methods for quantifying the informational structure of sensory and
motor data. Neuroinformatics 3, 243-262.
Lungarella,
M., Sporns, O. (2005) Information self-structuring:
key principle for learning and development. Proceedings 2005 IEEE
Intern. Conf. Development and Learning, pp. 25-30.
Sporns, O. (2005) Complex neural networks as future
tools in imagery analysis. In: Emerging Technologies and Applications for
Imagery Pattern Recognition, Mericsko, R., ed., pp.
67-72, IEEE Computer Society,
Sporns, O. (2005) Principles and methods
in the analysis of brain networks. In: Reeke, G.N., Poznanski, R.R., Lindsay, K.A.,
Sporns,
O. (2005) Toward neural robotics: From synthetic models to neuromimetic
implementations. In: Reeke, G.N., Poznanski,
R.R., Lindsay, K.A.,
Reeke, G.N., Poznanski,
R.R., Lindsay, K.A.,
2004
Sporns, O., and Kötter, R. (2004) Motifs in brain networks. PLoS
Biology 2, 1910-1918.
Sporns,
O., Chialvo, D., Kaiser, M., and Hilgetag,
C.C. (2004) Organization, development and function of complex brain networks.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences 8, 418-425.
Alexander, W.H., and Sporns, O. (2004) Interactions
of environment, behavior and synaptic patterns in a neuro-robotic
model. Proceedings SAB 2004.
Sporns, O., and Pegors, T.K. (2004) Information-theoretical aspects of
embodied artificial intelligence. In: Embodied Artificial Intelligence, Iida, F.,
Pfeifer, R., Steels, L., and Kuniyoshi, Y. (eds.),
pp. 74-85, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Sporns, O., and Zwi, J. (2004) The small world of the cerebral cortex. Neuroinformatics 2, 145-162.
Sporns, O.
(2004) Complex neural dynamics. In: Coordination Dynamics: Issues and
Trends, Jirsa, V.K. and Kelso, J.A.S., (eds.), pp.
197-215, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
2003
Brenner, C.A., Sporns, O., Lysaker, P.H., and O’Donnell, B.F. (2003) EEG
synchronization to modulated auditory tones in schizophrenia, schizoaffective
disorder and schizotypal personality disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry 160, 2238-2240.
Tononi, G., and Sporns, O. (2003) Measuring information integration. BMC Neuroscience 4, 31.
Sporns, O., and Alexander, W.H. (2003) Neuromodulation in a learning robot: interactions between
neural plasticity and behavior. Proceedings IJCNN 2003,
2789-2794.
2002
Sporns, O. (2002) Network analysis,
complexity and brain function. Complexity 8, 56-60.
Sporns, O. (2002) Embodied Cognition. In:
MIT Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks, M. Arbib,
Ed., pp. 395-398, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
Sporns, O. (2002) Graph
theory methods for the analysis of neural connectivity patterns. Kötter,
R. (ed.) Neuroscience Databases. A Practical Guide, pp.
171-186, Klüwer, Boston, MA.
Sporns, O., Tononi, G., and Edelman, G.M. (2002) Theoretical
neuroanatomy and the connectivity of the cerebral cortex. Behavioural
Brain Research 135, 69-74.
Sporns, O., and
Alexander, W.H. (2002) Neuromodulation and plasticity
in an autonomous robot. Neural Networks 15, 761-774.
Sporns, O., and
Alexander, W.H. (2002) Dopamine, reward conditioning, and robot behavior. In: Proceedings of the 2nd
International Conference on Development and Learning, pp. 265-270, IEEE
Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA.
Alexander, W.H., and Sporns, O.
(2002) Timed delivery of reward signals in an autonomous robot. In: Animals to Animats 7: Proceedings of the Seventh International
Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, pp. 195-204, Hallam, B., Floreano, D., Hallam, J., Hayes, G. and Meyer, J.-A. (Editors), MIT
Press: Cambridge, MA.
Hilgetag, C.C., Kötter, R., Stephan, K.E. and Sporns,
O. (2002) Computational methods for the analysis of brain connectivity. In: Giorgio Ascoli (ed.)
Computational Neuroanatomy: Principles and Methods, pp. 295-335, Humana Press,
Totowa, NJ.
Sporns, O., and Tononi, G. (2002) Classes of network connectivity and
dynamics.
Complexity 7, 28-38.
2001
Sporns, O. (2001) Neural dynamics and
cognitive synthesis. Theoria et
Historia Scientiarium
7:293-305.
Almassy, N., and Sporns, O. (2001) Perceptual invariance and categorization
in an embodied model of the visual system. In Biorobotics. Methods and Applications, Webb, B., and Consi,
T.R., eds., pp.123-143, AAAI Press/MIT Press, Menlo Park, CA.
Weng, J., McClelland,
J., Pentland, A., Sporns,
O., Stockman, I., Sur, M., Thelen, E. (2001)
Autonomous mental development by robots and animals. Science 291, 599-600.
2000
Sporns, O., Almassy,
N., and Edelman, G.M. (2000) Plasticity in value systems and its role in
adaptive behavior. Adaptive Behavior 8, 129-148.
Krichmar, J.L.; Snook,
J.A.; Edelman, G.M.; Sporns, O. (2000)
Experience-dependent perceptual categorization in a behaving real-world device. In: Animals to Animats
6: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on the Simulation of
Adaptive Behavior, Meyer, J.A.; Berthoz, A.; Floreano, D.; Roitblat, H.;
Wilson, S.W., (Editors), MIT Press: Cambridge, MA. p. 41-50.
Sporns, O., Tononi,
G., and Edelman, G. (2000) Connectivity and complexity: the relationship
between neuroanatomy and brain dynamics. Neural Networks 13, 909-922.
Sporns, O. (2000)
Synthetic approaches to cognitive neuroscience. Brain and Behavioral Sciences 23,
548-549.
Sporns, O., Tononi,
G., and Edelman, G.M. (2000) Theoretical neuroanatomy: Relating anatomical and
functional connectivity in graphs and cortical connection matrices. Cerebral
Cortex 10, 127-141.
1999 and earlier
Tononi, G., Sporns, O., and Edelman, G.M. (1999) Measures of degeneracy and redundancy in biological networks. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96, 3257-3262.
Bradley, J., and Sporns, O. (1999) BDNF-dependent enhancement of exocytosis in cultured cortical neurons requires translation but not transcription. Brain Research 815, 140-149.
Tononi, G., Edelman, G.M., and Sporns, O. (1998) Complexity and coherency: Integrating information in the brain. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 2, 474-484.
Sporns, O., and Edelman, G.M. (1998) Bernstein’s dynamic view of the brain: The current problems of modern neurophysiology (1945) Motor Control 2, 283-305.
Edelman, G.M., Sporns, O., and Tononi, G. (1998) Reductionism and selection. In: Mazur, G.O. (Ed.) Twenty Year Commemoration to the Life of A.R. Luria, Semenenko Foundation, Paris.
Almassy, N., and Sporns, O. (1998) Role of behavior in the development of complex neuronal properties. Proceedings SAB98, pp. 312-320, MIT Press, Cambridge.
Almassy, N., Edelman, G.M., and Sporns, O. (1998) Behavioral constraints in the development of neuronal properties: A cortical model embedded in a real world device. Cerebral Cortex 8, 346-361.
Sporns, O. (1998) Biological variability and brain function. In: Consciousness and Human Identity, pp. 38-56, ed. J. Cornwell, Oxford University Press.
Sporns, O. (1997) Deconstructing neural constructivism. Brain Behav. Sci. 20, 576-577.
Sporns, O., and Jenkinson, S. (1997) Potassium ion- and nitric oxide-induced exocytosis from populations of hippocampal synapses during synaptic maturation in vitro. Neuroscience 80, 1057-1073.
Sporns, O. (1997) Variation and selection in neural function. Trends Neurosci. 20, 291.
Tononi, G., Sporns, O., and Edelman, G.M. (1996) A complexity measure for selective matching of signals by the brain. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93, 3422-3427.
Verschure, P.F.M.J., Wray, J., Sporns, O., Tononi, G., and Edelman, G.M. (1995) Multilevel analysis of a behaving real world artifact: An illustration of synthetic neural modeling. Robotics and Autonomous Systems 16, 247-265.
Friston, K.J., Tononi, G., Sporns, O., and Edelman, G.M. (1995) Characterizing the complexity of neuronal interactions. Human Brain Mapping 3, 302-314.
Krushel, L.A., Sporns, O., Cunningham, B.A., Crossin, K.L., and Edelman, G.M. (1995) The neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM) inhibits astrocyte proliferation after injury to different regions of the adult rat brain. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92, 4323-4327.
Sporns, O., G.M. Edelman and K.L. Crossin (1995) The neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM) inhibits proliferation in primary cultures of rat astrocytes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92, 542-546.
Sporns, O. (1995) Neural Models of Perception and Behavior. 1993 Lectures in Complex Systems, SFI Studies in the Sciences of Complexity, Lec. Vol X, Eds. D. Stein and L. Nadel, pp. 1-56, Addison-Wesley.
Sporns, O., G. Tononi, and G.M. Edelman (1994) Reentry and dynamical interactions of cortical networks. In Models of Neural Networks II eds. E. Domany, J.L. van Hemmen, and K. Schulten, pp. 315-341, Springer-Verlag, New York etc.
Sporns, O. (1994) Selectional and instructional ideas in neuroscience. Int. Rev. Neurosci. 37:3-26.
Alber, R., Sporns, O., Weikert, T., Willbold, E., and Layer, P.G. (1994) Cholinesterases and peanut agglutinin binding related to cell proliferation and axonal growth in embryonic chick limbs. Anat. Embryol. 190, 429-438.
Horwitz, B., and Sporns, O. (1994) Neural Modeling and Functional Neuroimaging. Human Brain Mapping 1, 269-283.
Sporns, O., Tononi, G., and Edelman, G.M. (1994) Neural models of cortical integration. In Functional Neuroimaging: Technical Foundations, R.W. Thatcher, M. Hallett, T. Zeffiro, E.R. John, and M. Huerta (Eds.), pp. 1-7, Academic Press, San Diego.
Tononi, G., Sporns, O., and Edelman, G.M. (1994) A measure for brain complexity: Relating functional segregation and integration in the nervous system. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91, 5033-5037.
Friston, K.J., Tononi, G., Reeke, G.N., Jr., Sporns, O., and Edelman, G.M. (1994) Value-dependent selection in the brain: Simulation in a synthetic neural model. Neuroscience, 59, 229-243.
Reeke, G.N., Jr., Sporns, O., Gall, W.E., Tononi, G. and Edelman, G.M. (1994) A biologically based synthetic nervous system for a real-world device. In Neural Networks for Speech and Vision, R.J. Mannone (Ed.), pp. 457-473, Chapman & Hall, London etc.
Sporns, O., and G.M. Edelman (1993) Solving Bernstein's problem: A proposal for the development of coordinated movement by selection. Child Development 64, 960-981.
Sporns, O., G. Tononi, and G.M. Edelman (1993) Correlated neuronal activity and behavior. In ICANN'93 Proccedings of the International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Stan Gielen and Bert Kappen (Eds.), pp. 125-130, Springer-Verlag, London etc.
Reeke, G.N., Jr., and Sporns, O. (1993) Behaviorally based modeling and computational approaches to neuroscience. Ann. Rev. Neuroscience 16, 597-623.
Tononi, G, Sporns, O., and Edelman, G.M. (1992) Reentry and the problem of integrating multiple cortical areas: Simulation of dynamic integration in the visual system. Cerebral Cortex 2, 310-335.
Edelman, G.M., Reeke, G.N. Jr., Gall, W.E., Tononi, G., Williams, D., and Sporns, O. (1992) Synthetic neural modeling applied to a real-world artifact. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89, 7267-7271.
Tononi, G., Sporns, O., and Edelman, G.M. (1992) The problem of neural integration: Induced rhythms and short-term correlations. In Induced Rhythms in the Brain eds. E. Basar and T.H. Bullock, pp. 367-395, Boston:Birkhäuser.
Sporns, O., Tononi, G., and Edelman, G.M. (1991) Modeling perceptual grouping and figure-ground segregation by means of active reentrant circuits. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88, 129-133.
Reeke, G.N., Jr., and Sporns, O. (1991) Neural Darwinism and selective recognition automata: How selection shapes perceptual categories. In Self-Organization, Emerging Properties, and Learning ed. A. Babloyantz (Plenum Press, New York), pp. 199-218.
Sporns,
O., G. Tononi, and G.M. Edelman (1991) Dynamic
interactions of neuronal groups and the problem of cortical integration. In
Nonlinear Dynamics and Neuronal Networks ed. H.G. Schuster (VCH, Weinheim), pp.
205-240.
Reeke, G.N., Jr., Sporns, O., and Edelman, G.M. (1990) Synthetic neural modeling: The "Darwin" series of recognition automata. Proc. IEEE 78, 1498-1530.
Reeke, G.N., Jr., Finkel, L.H., Sporns, O. and Edelman, G.M. (1990) Synthetic neural modeling: A multilevel approach to the analysis of brain complexity. In Signal and Sense: Local and Global Order in Perceptual Maps eds. Edelman, G.M., Gall, W.E. & Cowan, W.M. (Wiley, New York), pp. 607-707.
Reeke, G.N., Jr., and Sporns, O. (1990) Selectionist models of perceptual and motor systems and implications for functionalist theories of brain function. Physica D 42, 347-364.
Sporns, O., J.A. Gally, G.N. Reeke, Jr., and G.M. Edelman (1989) Reentrant signaling among simulated neuronal groups leads to coherency in their oscillatory activity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86, 7265-7269.
Reeke, G.N., Jr., Sporns, O., and Edelman, G.M. (1989) Synthetic neural modelling: Comparisons of population and connectionist approaches. In Connectionism in Perspective, R. Pfeiffer, Z. Schreter, F. Fogelman-Soulié, L. Steels (eds.), pp. 113-139, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Layer, P.G., and Sporns, O. (1987) Spatiotemporal relationship of embryonic cholinesterases with cell proliferation in chicken brain and eye. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 84, 284-288.
Layer, P.G., Alber, R. and Sporns, O. (1987) Quantitative development and molecular forms of Acetyl- and Butyrylcholinesterase during morphogenesis and synaptogenesis of chick brain and retina. J. Neurochem. 49, 175-182.
Sporns, O., S. Roth, and F. F. Seelig (1987) Chaotic dynamics of two coupled biochemical oscillators. Physica D 26, 215-224.
Sporns, O., and F.F. Seelig (1986) Turing structures in an enzyme-induction system with gap junction-mediated non-linear diffusion. BioSystems 19, 237-245.
Sporns, O., and F.F. Seelig (1986) Oscillations in theoretical models of induction. BioSystems 19, 83-89.