Publications

The lab publishes peer-reviewed articles, experimental datasets and theoretical models, listed below:

Peer-Reviewed Articles

15) Distinct dendritic integration strategies control dynamics of inhibition in the neocortex

Morabito A*, Zerlaut Y* , Dhanasobhon D, Berthaux E, Martins Pinho C, Tzilivaki A, Moneron G, Cathala L, Poirazi P, Bacci A, Digregorio D, Lourenco J & N Rebola (* co-first authors)
Neuron (in press)
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2025.05.029 – [Pdf version]

Github repository for the (1) EM data analysis, (2) Biophysical Modelling, (3) In vivo imaging analysis: github.com/yzerlaut/pv-sst-dendrites

14) Interneuronal Modulations as a functional switch for cortical computations: Mechanisms and Implication for disease

Zerlaut Y & A Tzilivaki
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 18 (2025): 1479579.
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2024.1479579 – [Pdf version]

13) Feedforward and disinhibitory circuits differentially control activity of cortical somatostatin interneurons during behavioral state transitions

De Brito Van Velze M, Dhanasobhon D, Martinez M, Morabito A, Berthaux E, Martins Pinho C, Zerlaut Y* & N Rebola* (*co-last authors)
Cell Reports 43.5 (2024).
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114197 – [Pdf version]

12) A multi-layer mean-field model of the cerebellum embedding microstructure and population-specific dynamics

R M Lorenzi, A Geminiani, Y Zerlaut, M De Grazia, A Destexhe, C A M Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott, F Palesi, C Casellato, E D’Angelo
PLOS Computational Biology 19.9 (2023): e1011434.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011434 – [Pdf version]

11) Network States Classification based on Local Field Potential Recordings in the Awake Mouse Neocortex

Zerlaut Y, Zucca S, Panzeri S & T Fellin
Eneuro 9.4 (2022)
DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0073-22.2022 – [Pdf version]

Github repository for the whole study: github.com/yzerlaut/Network_State_Index

10) Visual-area-specific tonic modulation of GABA release by endocannabinoids sets the activity and coordination of neocortical principal neurons

Koukouli F, Montmerle M, Aguirre A, De Brito Van Velze M, Peixoto J, Choudhary V, Varilh M, Julio-Kalajzic F, Allene C, Mendéz P, Zerlaut Y, Marsicano G, Schlüter O.M, Rebola N, Bacci A & J Lourenço
Cell Reports 40.8 (2022).
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111202 – [Pdf version]

Github repository for the computational model: github.com/yzerlaut/CB1_ntwk_modeling

9) Activity-dependent modulation of NMDA receptors by endogenous zinc shapes dendritic function in cortical neurons

Morabito Y, Zerlaut Y, Serraz B, Sala R, Paoletti P & N Rebola
Cell Reports 38.8 (2022).
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110415 – [Pdf version]

Github repository for the computational model: github.com/yzerlaut/zinc-NMDA-modulation

8) A mean-field approach to the dynamics of networks of complex neurons, from nonlinear Integrate-and-Fire to Hodgkin–Huxley models

M Carlu, O Chehab, L Dalla Porta, D Depannemaecker, C Héricé, M Jedynak, E Köksal Ersöz, P Muratore, S Souihel, C Capone, Y Zerlaut, A Destexhe & M Di Volo
Journal of Neurophysiology 123.3 (2020): 1042-1051.
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00399.2019 – [Pdf version]

7) The Spectrum of Asynchronous Dynamics in Spiking Networks as a Model for the Diversity of Non-Rhythmic Waking States in Neocortex”

Zerlaut Y*, Zucca S.*, Panzeri S & T Fellin (*co-first authors)
Cell Reports 27.4 (2019): 1119-1132.
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.03.102 – [Pdf version]

Code reproducing the results as a Jupyter Notebook

6) Suppressive waves spread disambiguate the representation of long-range apparent motion in awake monkey

Chemla S, Reynaud A, di Volo M, Zerlaut Y, Perrinet L, Destexhe A & F Chavane
Journal of Neuroscience, 39(22), 4282-4298.
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2792-18.2019 – [Pdf version]

5) Modeling mesoscopic cortical dynamics using a mean-field model of conductance-based networks of adaptive exponential integrate-and-fire neurons

Zerlaut Y, Chemla S, Chavane F & A Destexhe
Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 44(1), pp.45-61.
DOI: 10.1007/s10827-017-0668-2 – [Pdf version]

4) Enhanced Responsiveness and Low-Level Awareness in Stochastic Network States

Zerlaut Y & A Destexhe
Neuron 94.5 (2017): 1002-1009.
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.04.001 – [Pdf version]

3) Heterogeneous firing responses predict diverse couplings to presynaptic activity in mice layer V pyramidal neurons

Zerlaut Y & A Destexhe
PLoS Computational Biology 13.4 (2017): e1005452.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005452 – [Pdf version]

2) Heterogeneous firing response of mice layer V pyramidal neurons in the fluctuation-driven regime

Zerlaut Y, Telenczuk B, Deleuze C, Bal T, Ouanounou G & A Destexhe
The Journal of Physiology 594.13 (2016): 3791-3808
DOI: 10.1113/JP272317 – [Pdf version]

1) Gain Modulation of Synaptic Inputs by Network State in Auditory Cortex In Vivo

Reig R, Zerlaut Y, Vergara R, Destexhe A & M V Sanchez-Vives
Journal of Neuroscience 35.6 (2015): 2689-2702.
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2004-14.2015 – [Pdf version]

Experimental Datasets

See our Dataset list on the EBrains platform:

2) NMDA-Receptor component to visually-evoked activity in somatostatin-positive interneurons

1) Input Impedance Recordings in Neocortical Pyramidal cells

Theoretical Models

See our Released Model list on the EBrains platform

3) Network model of spontaneous activity in cortex

2) Rall Morphology Model for Layer 5 Pyramidal Cells in Mouse V1

1) Mean-field Model of AdEx networks