Eilon Vaadia Lab

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Vaadia's Lab

Prof. Vaadia (Former (Founding) Director of ELSC (2009-2016) combines theory and experiments to the study brain sensorimotor functions The team at the lab uses brain-machine interfaces (BMI) electrical activity of neurons in brain circuits. In simple words, BMIs can read the to modulate and decipher the brain’s intention” from its activity and further; BMI can be used to detect in real-time electrical patterns involved in a brain disease, and re-adjust these patterns to ameliorate the disease.

Oren Peles, Uri Werner-Reiss, Hagai Bergman, Zvi Israel, Eilon Vaadia

Phase-Specific Microstimulation Differentially Modulates Beta Oscillations and Affects Behavior

Cell Reports Volume 30, Issue 8 (2020)

Ben Engelhard, Ran Darshan, Nofar Ozeri-Engelhard, Zvi Israel, Uri Werner-Reiss, David Hansel, Hagai Bergman, Eilon Vaadia

Neuronal activity and learning in local cortical networks are modulated by the action-perception state

bioRxiv (2019)

Lalazar, H, Abbott LF, Vaadia E.

Tuning Curves for Arm Posture Control in Motor Cortex Are Consistent with Random Connectivity.

PLoS computational biology, Volume: 12, Issue: 5, e1004910 (2016)

Josef Musil, Darron Haylock, Matthew Hayhurst, Samuel Wilkinson, Xavier De Kestelier, Eilon Vaadia

Safra Neuron Screen

Advances in Architectural Geometry 2016 (2016)

Lalazar, H. Abbott, L. and Vaadia, E.

Muscle and kinematic representations for arm and BMI control exist in orthogonal subspaces

Cosyne (2016)

Ben, E, Eilon V.

Spatial computation with gamma oscillations

Front Syst. Neuros, Volume: 8, Issue: 165 (2014)

Engelhard B, Ozeri N, Israel Z, Bergman H, Vaadia E.

Inducing Gamma Oscillations and Precise Spike Synchrony by Operant Conditioning via Brain-Machine Interface

Neuron; 77(2):361-75 (2013)

Taubman H, Vaadia E, Paz R, Chechik G.

A Bayesian approach for characterizing direction tuning curves in the supplementary motor area of behaving monkeys

J Neurophysiol. 109(11):2842-51 (2013)

Zach N. Inbar D., Grinvald, Y. and Vaadia, E.

Single neurons in M1 and premotor cortex directly reflect behavioral interference

PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e32986. (2012)

Levy-Tzedek S, Novick I, Arbel R, Abboud S, Maidenbaum S, Vaadia E, Amedi A.

Cross-sensory transfer of sensory-motor information: visuomotor learning affects performance on an audiomotor task, using sensory-substitution

Sci Rep. 2012;2:949 (2012)

15. Eisenberg M, Shmuelof L, Vaadia E, Zohary E.

The Representation of Visual and Motor Aspects of Reaching Movements in the Human Motor Cortex

Journal of Neuroscience, 31 (34) 12377-12384; (2011)

Mandelblat-Cerf Y, Novick I, Paz R, Link Y, Freeman S, Vaadia E.

The Neuronal Basis of Long-Term Sensorimotor Learning

Journal of Neuroscience 5 January 2011, 31 (1) 300-313 (2011)

Braun DA, Aertsen A, Paz R, Vaadia E, Rotter S, Mehring C.

Online adaptation and over-trial learning in macaque visuomotor control

Front Comput Neurosci. 2011; 5: 27. (2011)

Novick I, Vaadia E.

Just do it: action-dependent learning allows sensory prediction

PLoS One. 2011;6(10):e26020. (2011)

Mandelblat-Cerf Y, Novick I, Vaadia E.

Expressions of multiple neuronal dynamics during sensorimotor learning in the motor cortex of behaving monkeys

PLoS One; 6(7):e21626. (2011)

Rosin B, Slovik M, Mitelman R, Rivlin-Etzion M, Haber SN, Israel Z, Vaadia E, Bergman H.

Closed-loop deep brain stimulation is superior in ameliorating Parkinsonism

Neuron, 72(2), 370-384 (2011)

Arce F, Novick I, Mandelblat-Cerf Y, Vaadia E.

Neuronal correlates of memory formation in motor cortex after adaptation to force field

J Neurosci. 2010 Jul 7;30(27):9189-98 (2010)

Eisenberg M, Shmuelof L, Vaadia E, Zohary E.

Functional Organization of Human Motor Cortex: Directional Selectivity for Movement

J Neurosci. 2010 Jun 30;30(26):8897-905 (2010)

Arce F, Novick I, Vaadia E.

Discordant Tasks and Motor Adjustments Affect Interactions between Adaptations to Altered Kinematics and Dynamics

Front Hum Neurosci. 2010 Jan 4;3:65 (2010)

Fritzie Arce, Itai Novick, Yael Mandelblat-Cerf, Zvi Israel, Claude Ghez and Eilon Vaadia

Combined Adaptiveness of Specific Motor-Cortical Ensembles Underlies Learning

Journal of Neuroscience 14 April 2010, 30 (15) 5415-5425 (2010)

Mandelblat-Cerf Y, Paz R, Vaadia E.

Trial-to-trial variability of single cells in motor cortices is dynamically modified during visuomotor adaptation

J Neurosci. 2009 Dec 2;29(48):15053-62 (2009)

Amir Globerson, Eran Stark, Eilon Vaadia, and Naftali Tishby

The minimum information principle and its application to neural code analysis

PNAS March 3, 2009 106 (9) 3490-3495; (2009)

Joshua M, Adler A, Prut Y, Vaadia E, Wickens JR, Bergman H.

Synchronization of midbrain dopaminergic neurons is enhanced by rewarding events

Neuron. 62(5):695-704 (2009)

Paz R, Vaadia E.

Learning from learning: what can visuomotor adaptations tell us about the neuronal representation of movement?

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2009;629:221-42. (2009)

Eilon Vaadia, and Niels Birbaumer

Grand challenges of brain computer interfaces in the years to come

Front Neurosci. 2009 Sep; 3(2): 151–154 (2009)

Joshua, M, Adler A, Rosin B, Vaadia E, Bergman H.

Encoding of probabilistic rewarding and aversive events by pallidal and nigral neurons.

Journal of neurophysiology, Volume 101, Issue 2, Pages 758-772 (2009)

Arce F, Novick I, Shahar M, Link Y, Ghez C, Vaadia E.

Differences in context and feedback result in different trajectories and adaptation strategies in reaching

PLoS ONE. 4(1):e4214. Epub 2009 (2009)

22. Birbaumer N and Vaadia E.

Brain computer Interface and Neurofeedback

Neuroscience (2009)

Lalazar H, Vaadia E.

Neural basis of sensorimotor learning: modifying internal models

Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2008 Dec;18(6):573-81. (2008)

Joshua, M, Adler A, Mitelman R, Vaadia E, Bergman H.

Midbrain dopaminergic neurons and striatal cholinergic interneurons encode the difference between reward and aversive events at different epochs of probabilistic classical conditioning trials.

Journal of Neuroscience, 28 (45) 11673-11684 (2008)

Rivlin-Etzion M, Marmor O, Saban G, Rosin B, Haber SN, Vaadia E, Prut Y, Bergman H.

Low-pass filter properties of basal ganglia cortical muscle loops in the normal and MPTP primate model of parkinsonism

J Neurosci. 2008 Jan 16;28(3):633-49. (2008)

Neta Zach, Dorrit Inbar, Yael Grinvald, Hagai Bergman and Eilon Vaadia

Emergence of novel representations in primary motor cortex and premotor neurons during associative learning

Journal of Neuroscience 17 September 2008, 28 (38) 9545-9556; (2008)

Morris, Nevet, Arkadir, Vaadia and Bergman

Midbrain dopamine neurons encode decisions for future action

Nature Neuroscience volume 9, pages 1057–1063 (2006)

Shpigelman L, Singer Y, Paz R, Vaadia E.

Spikernels: predicting arm movements by embedding population spike rate patterns in inner-product spaces

Neural Comput. 2005 Mar;17(3):671-90. (2005)

Zach N, Kanarek N, Inbar D, Grinvald Y, Milestein T, Vaadia E.

Segregation between acquisition and long-term memory in sensorimotor learning

Eur J Neurosci. 2005 Nov;22(9):2357-62. (2005)

Rickert J, Oliveira SC, Vaadia E, Aertsen A, Rotter S, Mehring C.

Encoding of movement direction in different frequency ranges of motor cortical local field potentials

J Neurosci. 2005 Sep 28;25(39):8815-24. (2005)

Rony Paz, Chen Natan, Thomas Boraud, Hagai Bergman and Eilon Vaadia

Emerging patterns of neuronal responses in supplementary and primary motor areas during sensorimotor adaptation

Journal of Neuroscience 23 November 2005, 25 (47) 10941-10951; (2005)

Paz R, Nathan C, Boraud T, Bergman H, Vaadia E.

Acquisition and generalization of visuomotor transformations by nonhuman primates

Exp Brain Res. 2005 Feb;161(2):209-19. (2005)

Rony Paz, Steven P Wise, Eilon Vaadia

Viewing and doing: similar cortical mechanisms for perceptual and motor learning

Trends in Neurosciences Volume 27, Issue 8, 1 August 2004, Pages 496-503 (2004)

Goldberg JA, Rokni U, Boraud T, Vaadia E, Bergman H.

Spike synchronization in the cortex/basal-ganglia networks of Parkinsonian primates reflects global dynamics of the local field potentials

J Neurosci. 2004 Jun 30;24(26):6003-10. (2004)

Paz R, Vaadia E.

Specificity of sensorimotor learning and the neural code: neuronal representations in the primary motor cortex

J Physiol Paris. 2004 Jul-Nov;98(4-6):331-48. (2004)

Rony Paz, Eilon Vaadia

Learning-induced improvement in encoding and decoding of specific movement directions by neurons in the primary motor cortex

PLoS Biol. 2004 Feb; 2(2): e45. (2004)

Arkadir D, Morris G, Vaadia E, Bergman H.

Independent coding of movement direction and reward prediction by single pallidal neurons

J Neurosci. 2004 Nov 10;24(45):10047-56. (2004)

Bar-Gad I, Elias S, Vaadia E, Bergman H.

Complex locking rather than complete cessation of neuronal activity in the globus pallidus of a 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-treated primate in response to pallidal microstimulation

J Neurosci. 2004 Aug 18;24(33):7410-9. (2004)

Mehring C, Nawrot MP, de Oliveira SC, Vaadia E, Schulze-Bonhage A, Aertsen A, Ball T.

Comparing information about arm movement direction in single channels of local and epicortical field potentials from monkey and human motor cortex

J Physiol Paris. 2004 Jul-Nov;98(4-6):498-506. (2004)

Morris G, Arkadir D, Nevet A, Vaadia E, Bergman H.

Coincident but distinct messages of midbrain dopamine and striatal tonically active neurons

Neuron. 43(1):133-43. (2004)

Shpigelman, L. Crammer K., Paz, R., Vaadia E. And Singer Y

A Temporal Kernel-Based Model for Tracking Hand-Movements from Neural Activities

Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) (2004)

Paz R, Boraud T, Natan C, Bergman H, Vaadia E.

Preparatory activity in motor cortex reflects learning of local visuomotor skills

Nat Neurosci. 2003 Aug;6(8):882-90. (2003)

Mehring C, Rickert J, Vaadia E, Cardosa de Oliveira S, Aertsen A, Rotter S.

Inference of hand movements from local field potentials in monkey motor cortex

Nat Neurosci. 2003 Dec;6(12):1253-4. Epub 2003 Nov 21. (2003)

Mehring C., Rickert J., Vaadia E., Cardoso de Oliveira S., Aertsen A., Rotter S

Hints for a topographic map of tuning properties in primate motor cortex

1st International IEEE EMBS Special Topic Conference on Neural Engineering (2003)

Eilon Vaadia

Professor Emeritus

Email: eilon.vaadia@elsc.huji.ac.il

Eilon Vaadia

@eilon_vaadia

Address: The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences
The Suzanne and Charles Goodman Brain Sciences Building,
Level 2, Room 1205, Edmond J. Safra Campus,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 9190401

Vaadia's Lab

People

Publications

Oren Peles, Uri Werner-Reiss, Hagai Bergman, Zvi Israel, Eilon Vaadia

Phase-Specific Microstimulation Differentially Modulates Beta Oscillations and Affects Behavior

Cell Reports Volume 30, Issue 8 (2020)

Ben Engelhard, Ran Darshan, Nofar Ozeri-Engelhard, Zvi Israel, Uri Werner-Reiss, David Hansel, Hagai Bergman, Eilon Vaadia

Neuronal activity and learning in local cortical networks are modulated by the action-perception state

bioRxiv (2019)

Lalazar, H, Abbott LF, Vaadia E.

Tuning Curves for Arm Posture Control in Motor Cortex Are Consistent with Random Connectivity.

PLoS computational biology, Volume: 12, Issue: 5, e1004910 (2016)

Josef Musil, Darron Haylock, Matthew Hayhurst, Samuel Wilkinson, Xavier De Kestelier, Eilon Vaadia

Safra Neuron Screen

Advances in Architectural Geometry 2016 (2016)

Lalazar, H. Abbott, L. and Vaadia, E.

Muscle and kinematic representations for arm and BMI control exist in orthogonal subspaces

Cosyne (2016)

Ben, E, Eilon V.

Spatial computation with gamma oscillations

Front Syst. Neuros, Volume: 8, Issue: 165 (2014)

Engelhard B, Ozeri N, Israel Z, Bergman H, Vaadia E.

Inducing Gamma Oscillations and Precise Spike Synchrony by Operant Conditioning via Brain-Machine Interface

Neuron; 77(2):361-75 (2013)

Taubman H, Vaadia E, Paz R, Chechik G.

A Bayesian approach for characterizing direction tuning curves in the supplementary motor area of behaving monkeys

J Neurophysiol. 109(11):2842-51 (2013)

Zach N. Inbar D., Grinvald, Y. and Vaadia, E.

Single neurons in M1 and premotor cortex directly reflect behavioral interference

PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e32986. (2012)

Levy-Tzedek S, Novick I, Arbel R, Abboud S, Maidenbaum S, Vaadia E, Amedi A.

Cross-sensory transfer of sensory-motor information: visuomotor learning affects performance on an audiomotor task, using sensory-substitution

Sci Rep. 2012;2:949 (2012)

15. Eisenberg M, Shmuelof L, Vaadia E, Zohary E.

The Representation of Visual and Motor Aspects of Reaching Movements in the Human Motor Cortex

Journal of Neuroscience, 31 (34) 12377-12384; (2011)

Mandelblat-Cerf Y, Novick I, Paz R, Link Y, Freeman S, Vaadia E.

The Neuronal Basis of Long-Term Sensorimotor Learning

Journal of Neuroscience 5 January 2011, 31 (1) 300-313 (2011)

Braun DA, Aertsen A, Paz R, Vaadia E, Rotter S, Mehring C.

Online adaptation and over-trial learning in macaque visuomotor control

Front Comput Neurosci. 2011; 5: 27. (2011)

Novick I, Vaadia E.

Just do it: action-dependent learning allows sensory prediction

PLoS One. 2011;6(10):e26020. (2011)

Mandelblat-Cerf Y, Novick I, Vaadia E.

Expressions of multiple neuronal dynamics during sensorimotor learning in the motor cortex of behaving monkeys

PLoS One; 6(7):e21626. (2011)

Rosin B, Slovik M, Mitelman R, Rivlin-Etzion M, Haber SN, Israel Z, Vaadia E, Bergman H.

Closed-loop deep brain stimulation is superior in ameliorating Parkinsonism

Neuron, 72(2), 370-384 (2011)

Arce F, Novick I, Mandelblat-Cerf Y, Vaadia E.

Neuronal correlates of memory formation in motor cortex after adaptation to force field

J Neurosci. 2010 Jul 7;30(27):9189-98 (2010)

Eisenberg M, Shmuelof L, Vaadia E, Zohary E.

Functional Organization of Human Motor Cortex: Directional Selectivity for Movement

J Neurosci. 2010 Jun 30;30(26):8897-905 (2010)

Arce F, Novick I, Vaadia E.

Discordant Tasks and Motor Adjustments Affect Interactions between Adaptations to Altered Kinematics and Dynamics

Front Hum Neurosci. 2010 Jan 4;3:65 (2010)

Fritzie Arce, Itai Novick, Yael Mandelblat-Cerf, Zvi Israel, Claude Ghez and Eilon Vaadia

Combined Adaptiveness of Specific Motor-Cortical Ensembles Underlies Learning

Journal of Neuroscience 14 April 2010, 30 (15) 5415-5425 (2010)

Mandelblat-Cerf Y, Paz R, Vaadia E.

Trial-to-trial variability of single cells in motor cortices is dynamically modified during visuomotor adaptation

J Neurosci. 2009 Dec 2;29(48):15053-62 (2009)

Amir Globerson, Eran Stark, Eilon Vaadia, and Naftali Tishby

The minimum information principle and its application to neural code analysis

PNAS March 3, 2009 106 (9) 3490-3495; (2009)

Joshua M, Adler A, Prut Y, Vaadia E, Wickens JR, Bergman H.

Synchronization of midbrain dopaminergic neurons is enhanced by rewarding events

Neuron. 62(5):695-704 (2009)

Paz R, Vaadia E.

Learning from learning: what can visuomotor adaptations tell us about the neuronal representation of movement?

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2009;629:221-42. (2009)

Eilon Vaadia, and Niels Birbaumer

Grand challenges of brain computer interfaces in the years to come

Front Neurosci. 2009 Sep; 3(2): 151–154 (2009)

Joshua, M, Adler A, Rosin B, Vaadia E, Bergman H.

Encoding of probabilistic rewarding and aversive events by pallidal and nigral neurons.

Journal of neurophysiology, Volume 101, Issue 2, Pages 758-772 (2009)

Arce F, Novick I, Shahar M, Link Y, Ghez C, Vaadia E.

Differences in context and feedback result in different trajectories and adaptation strategies in reaching

PLoS ONE. 4(1):e4214. Epub 2009 (2009)

22. Birbaumer N and Vaadia E.

Brain computer Interface and Neurofeedback

Neuroscience (2009)

Lalazar H, Vaadia E.

Neural basis of sensorimotor learning: modifying internal models

Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2008 Dec;18(6):573-81. (2008)

Joshua, M, Adler A, Mitelman R, Vaadia E, Bergman H.

Midbrain dopaminergic neurons and striatal cholinergic interneurons encode the difference between reward and aversive events at different epochs of probabilistic classical conditioning trials.

Journal of Neuroscience, 28 (45) 11673-11684 (2008)

Rivlin-Etzion M, Marmor O, Saban G, Rosin B, Haber SN, Vaadia E, Prut Y, Bergman H.

Low-pass filter properties of basal ganglia cortical muscle loops in the normal and MPTP primate model of parkinsonism

J Neurosci. 2008 Jan 16;28(3):633-49. (2008)

Neta Zach, Dorrit Inbar, Yael Grinvald, Hagai Bergman and Eilon Vaadia

Emergence of novel representations in primary motor cortex and premotor neurons during associative learning

Journal of Neuroscience 17 September 2008, 28 (38) 9545-9556; (2008)

Morris, Nevet, Arkadir, Vaadia and Bergman

Midbrain dopamine neurons encode decisions for future action

Nature Neuroscience volume 9, pages 1057–1063 (2006)

Shpigelman L, Singer Y, Paz R, Vaadia E.

Spikernels: predicting arm movements by embedding population spike rate patterns in inner-product spaces

Neural Comput. 2005 Mar;17(3):671-90. (2005)

Zach N, Kanarek N, Inbar D, Grinvald Y, Milestein T, Vaadia E.

Segregation between acquisition and long-term memory in sensorimotor learning

Eur J Neurosci. 2005 Nov;22(9):2357-62. (2005)

Rickert J, Oliveira SC, Vaadia E, Aertsen A, Rotter S, Mehring C.

Encoding of movement direction in different frequency ranges of motor cortical local field potentials

J Neurosci. 2005 Sep 28;25(39):8815-24. (2005)

Rony Paz, Chen Natan, Thomas Boraud, Hagai Bergman and Eilon Vaadia

Emerging patterns of neuronal responses in supplementary and primary motor areas during sensorimotor adaptation

Journal of Neuroscience 23 November 2005, 25 (47) 10941-10951; (2005)

Paz R, Nathan C, Boraud T, Bergman H, Vaadia E.

Acquisition and generalization of visuomotor transformations by nonhuman primates

Exp Brain Res. 2005 Feb;161(2):209-19. (2005)

Rony Paz, Steven P Wise, Eilon Vaadia

Viewing and doing: similar cortical mechanisms for perceptual and motor learning

Trends in Neurosciences Volume 27, Issue 8, 1 August 2004, Pages 496-503 (2004)

Goldberg JA, Rokni U, Boraud T, Vaadia E, Bergman H.

Spike synchronization in the cortex/basal-ganglia networks of Parkinsonian primates reflects global dynamics of the local field potentials

J Neurosci. 2004 Jun 30;24(26):6003-10. (2004)

Paz R, Vaadia E.

Specificity of sensorimotor learning and the neural code: neuronal representations in the primary motor cortex

J Physiol Paris. 2004 Jul-Nov;98(4-6):331-48. (2004)

Rony Paz, Eilon Vaadia

Learning-induced improvement in encoding and decoding of specific movement directions by neurons in the primary motor cortex

PLoS Biol. 2004 Feb; 2(2): e45. (2004)

Arkadir D, Morris G, Vaadia E, Bergman H.

Independent coding of movement direction and reward prediction by single pallidal neurons

J Neurosci. 2004 Nov 10;24(45):10047-56. (2004)

Bar-Gad I, Elias S, Vaadia E, Bergman H.

Complex locking rather than complete cessation of neuronal activity in the globus pallidus of a 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-treated primate in response to pallidal microstimulation

J Neurosci. 2004 Aug 18;24(33):7410-9. (2004)

Mehring C, Nawrot MP, de Oliveira SC, Vaadia E, Schulze-Bonhage A, Aertsen A, Ball T.

Comparing information about arm movement direction in single channels of local and epicortical field potentials from monkey and human motor cortex

J Physiol Paris. 2004 Jul-Nov;98(4-6):498-506. (2004)

Morris G, Arkadir D, Nevet A, Vaadia E, Bergman H.

Coincident but distinct messages of midbrain dopamine and striatal tonically active neurons

Neuron. 43(1):133-43. (2004)

Shpigelman, L. Crammer K., Paz, R., Vaadia E. And Singer Y

A Temporal Kernel-Based Model for Tracking Hand-Movements from Neural Activities

Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) (2004)

Paz R, Boraud T, Natan C, Bergman H, Vaadia E.

Preparatory activity in motor cortex reflects learning of local visuomotor skills

Nat Neurosci. 2003 Aug;6(8):882-90. (2003)

Mehring C, Rickert J, Vaadia E, Cardosa de Oliveira S, Aertsen A, Rotter S.

Inference of hand movements from local field potentials in monkey motor cortex

Nat Neurosci. 2003 Dec;6(12):1253-4. Epub 2003 Nov 21. (2003)

Mehring C., Rickert J., Vaadia E., Cardoso de Oliveira S., Aertsen A., Rotter S

Hints for a topographic map of tuning properties in primate motor cortex

1st International IEEE EMBS Special Topic Conference on Neural Engineering (2003)

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Additional Information

Eilon Vaadia

Professor Emeritus

Email: eilon.vaadia@elsc.huji.ac.il

Eilon Vaadia

@eilon_vaadia