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Carmen Varela

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8

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2002

Active since

Affiliations

University of Chicago(Current)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Florida Atlantic University

Carmen Varela is an author at University of Chicago specializing in neurophysiology, medicine, and neuroscience.

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MedicineNeuroscienceNeurophysiologyNeuroanatomyNeurotransmissionSynaptic TransmissionPhysiologyOptogeneticsSensory SystemsSocial Sciences

Publications per year

2002–2021

8

Publications

8

Anatomical substrates for direct interactions between hippocampus, medial prefrontal cortex, and the thalamic nucleus reuniens

Carmen Varela, Sunil Kumar, Jian-Ming Yang et al. · Brain Structure and Function · 2013 · 275 citations · Full text

Synaptic Plasticity, Cognitive Science, Neurophysiology +14

Differences in Response to Muscarinic Activation Between First and Higher Order Thalamic Relays

Carmen Varela, S. Murray Sherman · Journal of Neurophysiology · 2007 · 68 citations

Neurobiological Mechanism, Neural Mechanism, Neurophysiology +13

Completing the Corticofugal Loop: A Visual Role for the Corticogeniculate Type 1 Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor

Casto Rivadulla, Luis M. Martı́nez, Carmen Varela et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2002 · 62 citations · Full text

Synaptic Transmission, Neurotransmission, Cellular Neurobiology +27

Differences in Response to Serotonergic Activation between First and Higher Order Thalamic Nuclei

Carmen Varela, S. Murray Sherman · Cerebral Cortex · 2008 · 60 citations · Full text

Synaptic Transmission, Neurotransmitter, Neurotransmission +18

mPFC spindle cycles organize sparse thalamic activation and recently active CA1 cells during non-REM sleep

Carmen Varela, Matthew Wilson · eLife · 2020 · 51 citations · Full text

Sparse Thalamic Activation, Cytoskeleton, Optogenetics +21

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