Antonio J. Fontenele Data-verified

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Postdoc

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

postdoc

6 h-index 14 pubs 326 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Antonio J. Fontenele's research investigates the dynamics of brain activity, particularly in awake states and during actions, using computational modeling and analysis of neural data. His work explores the concept of criticality in brain function, examining how neural systems may operate near a critical state to optimize information processing. Fontenele has published on how sensory inputs are encoded in low-dimensional subspaces of cortical activity and how statistical complexity can reveal stimulus-dependent neural dynamics. He also studies the neural correlates of behaviors such as speed and reward in multiple brain areas. Fontenele's research network includes collaborators like Srimoy Chakraborty, Woodrow L. Shew, Shree Hari Gautam, and J. Samuel Sooter, with whom he has co-authored multiple publications at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. His work has resulted in 13 publications and 312 citations, with an h-index of 6.

Metrics

  • h-index: 6
  • Publications: 14
  • Citations: 326

Selected Publications

  • Is critical brain dynamics more prevalent than previously thought? (2025)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Investigating the Neural Correlates of Speed and Reward in Multiple Brain Areas (2025)
  • Defining and measuring proximity to criticality (2025)
    5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Cortex deviates from criticality during action and deep sleep: a temporal renormalization group approach (2024)
    8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Low-dimensional criticality embedded in high-dimensional awake brain dynamics (2024)
    16 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Sensory input to cortex encoded on low-dimensional periphery-correlated subspaces (2023)
    6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Low dimensional criticality embedded in high dimensional awake brain dynamics (2023)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex

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18 Collaborators 5 Institutions 2 Countries

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