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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2026
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Antonio J. Fontenele

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Postdoc

Also affiliated: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (2018–2020)

Postdoc Researcher

7 h-index 17 pubs 337 cited

  • Models, Neurological
  • Brain
  • Motor Cortex
  • Neurons
  • Wakefulness
  • Entropy
  • Animals
  • Computer Simulation
  • Mice

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Antonio J. Fontenele's research investigates the dynamics of brain activity, particularly focusing on the concept of criticality in neural systems. His work explores how the brain's high-dimensional activity can be described by lower-dimensional models, especially during states of wakefulness and action. Fontenele utilizes computer simulations and analyzes neural data to understand the underlying principles of brain function. His recent publications examine the relationship between sensory input and neural dynamics, and the methods for defining and measuring proximity to critical states. Fontenele has collaborated with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Srimoy Chakraborty, J. Samuel Sooter, and Shree Hari Gautam, on multiple publications. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 7, with 15 total publications and 333 citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 7
  • Publications: 17
  • Citations: 337

Selected Publications

  • A molecular integrator of sleep duration and interruption (2026)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Is critical brain dynamics more prevalent than previously thought? (2025)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Investigating the Neural Correlates of Speed and Reward in Multiple Brain Areas (2025)
    World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, September 7 - 12, 2009, Munich, Germany DOI OpenAlex
  • Defining and measuring proximity to criticality (2025)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Cortex deviates from criticality during action and deep sleep: a temporal renormalization group approach (2024)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Low-dimensional criticality embedded in high-dimensional awake brain dynamics (2024)
    Science Advances 21 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Sensory input to cortex encoded on low-dimensional periphery-correlated subspaces (2023)
    PNAS Nexus 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Low dimensional criticality embedded in high dimensional awake brain dynamics (2023)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 3 citations DOI OpenAlex

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13 Collaborators 6 Institutions 2 Countries

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