Giancarlo La Camera
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Degree Ph.D.
Occupation Wissenschaftl. Mitarbeiter
Current institution Institute of Physiology, University of Bern
Address Giancarlo La Camera
Buehlplatz 5
3012 Bern
Switzerland
Website http://www.physio.unibe.ch/~lacamera/
ScienXe address http://giancarlolacamera.scienxe.org
Email email
Phone ++41 31 631 3509
Fax ++41 31 631 4611

Personal informations

name Giancarlo La Camera
interests Cognitive Neuroscience; Reinforcement Learning; Networks of Spiking Neurons

Languages

speaking level reading level
italian Mother tongue Mother tongue
english Excellent Excellent
german Basic Basic

Degrees

2000-2003 University of Bern
Ph.D. Neurobiology
1990-1999 University of Rome -
Laurea Physics

Employment

2008 University of Bern
Wissenschaftl. Mitarbeiter - Group of Prof. Walter Senn
2004-2008 NIMH / NIH
Visiting Fellow - Section of Dr. Barry Richmond

Publications

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2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 |

1.  The response of cortical neurons to in vivo-like input current: theory and experiment: II. Time-varying and spatially distributed inputs.
   Giugliano M, La Camera G, Fusi S, Senn W.
   BioloBiol Cybern. 2008 Nov;99(4-5):303-18. Epub 2008 Nov 15.    
2.  The response of cortical neurons to in vivo-like input current: theory and experiment : I. Noisy inputs with stationary statistics.
   La Camera G, Giugliano M, Senn W, Fusi S.
   Biol Cybern. 2008 Nov;99(4-5):279-301. Epub 2008 Nov 5.    
3.  Measuring and modeling the interaction among reward size, delay to reward and satiation level on motivation in monkeys.
   Minamimoto T, La Camera G, Richmond BJ.
   J Neurophysiol. 2008 Nov 5. [Epub ahead of print]    
4.  Modeling the violation of reward maximization and invariance in reinforcement schedules.
   La Camera G, Richmond BJ.
   PLoS Comput Biol. 2008 Aug 8;4(8):e1000131.    
5.  Knowing without doing.
   Lerchner A, La Camera G, Richmond B.
   Nat Neurosci. 2007 Jan;10(1):15-7    
6.  Multiple time scales of temporal response in pyramidal and fast spiking cortical neurons.
   La Camera G*, Rauch A*, Thurbon D, Lüscher HR, Senn W, Fusi S.
   J Neurophysiol. 2006 Dec;96(6):3448-64. Epub 2006 Jun 28.    
7.  Mean field and capacity in realistic networks of spiking neurons storing sparsely coded random memories.
   Curti E, Mongillo G, La Camera G, Amit DJ.
   Neural Comput. 2004 Dec;16(12):2597-637.    
8.  Minimal models of adapted neuronal response to in vivo-like input currents.
   La Camera G, Rauch A, Lüscher HR, Senn W, Fusi S.
   Neural Comput. 2004 Oct;16(10):2101-24.    
9.  Comparison between networks of conductance- and current-driven neurons: stationary spike rates and subthreshold depolarization
   G. La Camera, W. Senn, S. Fusi
   Neurocomputing 2004; 58-60:253-258    
10.  Equivalent networks of conductance- and current driven neurons
   G. La Camera, W. Senn, S. Fusi
   In: O.Kaynak (Ed.): Suppl. Proceedings of ICANN/ICONIP, 2003, LCNS 2714, pp. 449-452, 2003 (Springer Verlag)    
11.  Neocortical pyramidal cells respond as integrate-and-fire neurons to in vivo-like input currents.
   Rauch A*, La Camera G*, Luscher HR, Senn W, Fusi S.
   J Neurophysiol. 2003 Sep;90(3):1598-612. Epub 2003 May 15.    
12.  Firing rate adaptation without losing sensitivity to input fluctuations
   G. La Camera, A. Rauch, W. Senn, H.-R. Lüscher, S. Fusi
   In: J.R. Dorronsoro (Ed.): Proceedings of ICANN 2002, LNCS 2415, pp. 180-185, 2002 (Springer-Verlag)    
13.  Non-monotonic current-to-rate response function in a novel integrate-and-fire model neuron.
   M. Giugliano, G. La Camera, A. Rauch, H.-R. Lüscher, S. Fusi
   In: J.R. Dorronsoro (Ed.): Proceedings of ICANN 2002, LNCS 2415, pp. 141-146, 2002 (Springer-Verlag)    
14.  When NMDA receptor conductances increase inter-spike interval variability
   G. La Camera, S. Fusi, W. Senn, A. Rauch, H.-R. Lüscher
   In: J.R. Dorronsoro (Ed.): Proceedings of ICANN 2002, LNCS 2415, pp. 235-240, 2002 (Springer-Verlag)    

Presentations

2008 University of Bern, Switzerland
Rapid learning of acquisition, but not reversal, of a rule-based short-term memory task in monkeys with lateral-prefrontal lesions (invited talk)
2008 Neurobiology Interest Group, NIH, Betheda MD
Modeling framing and sunk-cost effects in monkeys performing reinforcement schedule tasks (invited talk)
2007 University of Newcastle, UK
Abstract concept formation and behavioral strategies (invited talk)
2004 EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland
Integrate-and-fire reduction of cortical firing rate in response to in vivo-like stimuli (invited talk)
2003 ICANN/ICONIP, Istanbul, Turkey
Equivalent networks of conductance- and current driven neurons (featured talk)
2003 Lab Neuropsychology, NIH, Bethesda MD
The response function of cortical neurons: from single cells to network behavior (invited talk)
2002 ICANN, Madrid, Spain
Firing rate adaptation without losing sensitivity to input fluctuations (featured talk)
2002 ICANN, Madrid, Spain
When NMDA receptor conductances increase inter-spike interval variability (featured talk)
2001 CNS Meeting, Pacific Grove CA
(featured talk)
1999 University of Bern, Switzerland
(invited talk)


 
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