

Publications | Biography
Bagrat Amirikian, Ph.D. Principal Investigator, Brain Sciences Center
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, University of Minnesota
Specialties
Theoretical and computer modeling studies of local
cortical circuitry and dynamics of very large-scale neural networks
Education
Ph.D., Biophysics, Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology,
Moscow, Russia
B.S., Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology, Moscow, Russia
Selected Publications
Amirikian, B., Georgopoulos, A.P. (2003) Modular organization of directionally
tuned cells in the motor cortex: Is there a short-range order? Proc.
Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 100:12474-12479
Amirikian B., Georgopoulos A.P. (2000) Directional tuning profiles of motor cortical cells. Neuroscience Research, 36:73-79
Amirikian B., Nishimura H.(1994) What size network is good for generalization of a specific task of interest? Neural Networks, 7:321-329