Peter Latham: Publications

Publications


Neuroscience publications
Scholarpedia article: Mutual Information
News and Views
Refereed conference proceedings
Book chapters
Society for Neuroscience posters
Physics publications

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Neuroscience publications
  1. Optimally interacting minds.
    Bahador Bahrami, Karsten Olsen, Peter E. Latham, Andreas Roepstorff, Geraint Rees, and Chris D. Frith
    Science, 329:1081-1085 (2010). PDF Supplementary information (PDF) Perspective (PDF)

  2. Sensitivity to perturbations in vivo implies high noise and suggests rate coding in cortex.
    Michael London, Arnd Roth, Lisa Beeren, Michael Hausser and Peter E. Latham,
    Nature, 466:123-127 (2010). PDF Supplementary information (PDF)

  3. Pairwise maximum entropy models for studying large biological systems: when they can and when they can't work.
    Y. Roudi, S. Nirenberg and P.E. Latham,
    PLoS Computational Biology, 5:e1000380 (2009). PDF

  4. Ruling out and ruling in neural codes.
    A.L. Jacobs, G. Fridman, R.M. Douglas, N.M. Alam, P.E. Latham, G.T. Prusky and S. Nirenberg,
    PNAS. 106:5936-5941 (2009). PDF
    Supplementary Information PDF

  5. Probabilistic population codes for Bayesian decision making.
    J.M. Beck, W-J. Ma, R. Kiani, T. Hanks, A.K. Churchland, J. Roitman, M.N. Shadlen, P.E. Latham and A. Pouget,
    Neuron. 60:1142-1152 (2008). PDF
    Supplementary Information PDF
    Preview by Emilio Salinas PDF

  6. Nonverbal arithmetic in humans: Light from noise.
    S. Cordes, C.R. Gallistel, R. Gelman and P.E. Latham.
    Perception & Psychophysics. 69:1185-1203 (2007). PDF

  7. A balanced memory network.
    Y. Roudi and P.E. Latham.
    PLoS Computational Biology. 3:1679-1700 (2007). PDF

  8. Probabilistic population codes and the exponential family of distributions.
    J. Beck, W.J. Ma, P.E. Latham and A. Pouget.
    Prog Brain Res. 165:509-519 (2007). PDF

  9. Bayesian inference with probabilistic population codes.
    W.J. Ma, J.M. Beck, P.E. Latham and A. Pouget.
    Nature Neurosci. 9:1432-1438 (2006). PDF
    Supplementary information PDF

  10. Neural correlations, population coding and computation.
    B. Averbeck, P.E. Latham and A. Pouget.
    Nature Reviews Neurosci. 7:358-366 (2006). PDF

  11. Synergy, redundancy, and independence in population codes, revisited.
    P.E. Latham and S. Nirenberg.
    J. Neurosci. 25:5195-5206 (2005). PDF

  12. Tuning curve sharpening for orientation selectivity: coding efficiency and the impact of correlations.
    P. Series, P.E. Latham and A. Pouget.
    Nature Neurosci. 7:1129-1135 (2004). PDF
    Supplementary information PDF

  13. Computing and stability in cortical networks.
    P.E. Latham and S. Nirenberg.
    Neural Comput. 16:1385-1412 (2004). PDF

  14. Optimal computation with attractor networks.
    P.E. Latham, S. Deneve, and A. Pouget.
    J. Physiol. (Paris) 97:683-694 (2003). PDF

  15. Firing rate of the noisy quadratic integrate-and-fire neuron.
    N. Brunel and P.E. Latham.
    Neural Comput. 15:2281-2306 (2003). PDF

  16. Decoding neuronal spike trains: how important are correlations?
    S. Nirenberg and P.E. Latham.
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 100:7348-7353 (2003). PDF
    Supporting Information: PDF

  17. Analysis of spontaneous bursting activity in random neural networks
    J. Tabak and P.E. Latham.
    Neuroreport 14:1445-1449 (2003). PDF

  18. A test of Gibbon's feedforward model of matching.
    C.R. Gallistel, T.A. Mark, A.P. King, and P.E. Latham.
    Learning and Motivation 33:46-62 (2002). PDF

  19. Retinal ganglion cells act largely as independent encoders.
    S. Nirenberg, S.M. Carcieri, A.L. Jacobs, and P.E. Latham.
    Nature 411:698-701 (2001). PDF
    Supplementary information: PDF Postscript
    Further discussion

  20. Efficient computation and cue integration with noisy population codes.
    S. Deneve, P.E. Latham, and A. Pouget.
    Nature Neurosci. 4(8):826-831 (2001). PDF
    Supplementary information PDF

  21. The rat approximates an ideal detector of changes in rates of reward: implications for the law of effect.
    C.R. Gallistel, T.A. Mark, A.P. King, and P.E. Latham.
    Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes. 27(4):354-372 (2001). (PDF)

  22. Intrinsic dynamics in neuronal networks. I. Theory.
    P.E. Latham, B.J. Richmond, P.G. Nelson, and S. Nirenberg.
    J. Neurophysiol. 83(2):808-827 (2000). PDF

  23. Intrinsic dynamics in neuronal networks. II. Experiment.
    P.E. Latham, B.J. Richmond, S. Nirenberg, and P.G. Nelson.
    J. Neurophysiol. 83(2):828-835 (2000). PDF

  24. Reading population codes: a neural implementation of ideal observers.
    S. Deneve, P.E. Latham, and A. Pouget.
    Nature Neurosci. 2(8):740-745 (1999). PDF
    Supplementary information: HTML PDF Postscript

  25. Narrow versus wide tuning curves: what's best for a population code?
    A. Pouget, S. Deneve, J.C. Ducom, and P.E. Latham.
    Neural Comput. 11:85-90 (1999). PDF

  26. Population coding in the retina.
    S. Nirenberg and P.E. Latham.
    Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 8(4):488-493 (1998). PDF

  27. Coding strategies in monkey V1 and inferior temporal cortices.
    E.D. Gershon, M.C. Weiner, P.E. Latham, and B.J. Richmond.
    J. Neurophysiol. 79(3):1135-1144 (1998). PDF

  28. Statistically efficient estimation using population coding.
    A. Pouget, K. Zhang, S. Deneve, and P.E. Latham.
    Neural Comput. 10:373-401 (1998). PDF Postscript
News and Views
  1. Feedforward to the past: the relation between neuronal connectivity, amplification, and short-term memory.
    S. Ganguli and P.E. Latham
    Neuron 61:499 - 501 (2009). PDF

  2. Phase coding: spikes get a boost from local fields.
    P.E. Latham and M. Lengyel
    Current Biology 18:R349-R351 (2008). PDF

  3. Touche: the feeling of choice.
    P.E. Latham and P. Dayan.
    Nature Neurosci. 8:408-409 (2005). PDF

  4. Digitized neural networks: long-term stability from forgetful neurons.
    A. Pouget and P.E. Latham.
    Nature Neurosci. 5:709-710 (2002). PDF
Refereed conference proceedings
  1. Neural characterization in partially observed populations of spiking neurons.
    J.W. Pillow and P.E. Latham
    Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems. 20. MIT Press, Cambridge MA. 2008. PDF

  2. Associative memory in realistic neuronal networks.
    P.E. Latham.
    Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems. 14. MIT Press, Cambridge MA. 2002. PDF

  3. Heeger's normalization, line attractor networks, and ideal observers.
    S. Deneve, A. Pouget, and P.E. Latham.
    Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems. 11. MIT Press, Cambridge MA. 1999. PDF
Book chapters
  1. Computing with population codes.
    P.E. Latham and A. Pouget.
    In: Bayesian Brain.
    Edited by Kenji Doya, Shin Ishii, Alexandre Pouget and Rajesh P.N. Rao.
    MIT press, Cambridge, MA. Pgs. 131-144. (2006).

  2. Decoding population codes.
    A. Pouget and P.E. Latham.
    In: Handbook of brain theory and neural networks.
    Edited by Michael A. Arbib.
    MIT press, Cambridge, MA. (2003).

  3. The relevance of Fisher Information for theories of cortical computation and attention.
    A. Pouget, S. Deneve and P.E. Latham.
    In: Visual attention and cortical circuits.
    Edited by Jochen Braun, Christof Koch, and Joel L. Davis.
    MIT press, Cambridge, MA. Pgs. 265-283 (2001).
Society for Neuroscience posters
  1. Requiem for the spike?
    P.E. Latham, A. Roth, M. Hausser, M. London.
    Soc. Neurosc. Abstr. 32:432.12 (2006).

  2. Ruling out and ruling in neural codes.
    S.A .Nirenberg, A.L. Jacobs, G. Fridman, P.E. Latham, N. Alam, R.M. Douglas and G.T. Prusky.
    Soc. Neurosc. Abstr. 31:855.4 (2005).

  3. Population codes: decoding the "noise".
    P.E. Latham, A. Pouget and P. Series.
    Soc. Neurosc. Abstr. 31:856.7 (2005).

  4. How can realistic networks process time-varying signals? PDF Powerpoint
    H.R. Maei and P.E. Latham.
    Soc. Neurosc. Abstr. 30:81.9 (2004).

  5. Synergy, redundancy and independence in population codes, revisited. PDF Powerpoint
    P.E. Latham and S. Nirenberg.
    Soc. Neurosc. Abstr. 30:648.4 (2004).

  6. Cortical variability and statistical inferences.
    A. Pouget and P.E. Latham.
    Soc. Neurosc. Abstr. 30:984.14 (2004).

  7. Orientation encoding in V1 hypercolumn models and the efficiency of the thalamo-cortical transformation.
    P. Series, P.E. Latham and A. Pouget.
    Soc. Neurosc. Abstr. 30:984.15 (2004).

  8. Statistical efficiency of orientation selectivity models.
    P. Series, P.E. Latham and A. Pouget.
    Soc. Neurosc. Abstr. 29:484.14 (2003).

  9. Computation and memory in recurrent networks. PDF Postscript
    P.E. Latham.
    Soc. Neurosc. Abstr. 28:152.17 (2002).

  10. Yet another method for calculating information from neural data. PDF Postscript
    P.E. Latham, S.M. Carcieri, A.L. Jacobs and S. Nirenberg.
    Soc. Neurosc. Abstr. 26:52.7 (2000).

  11. To what extent do ganglion cells in the mouse retina fall into discrete classes?
    S.M. Carcieri, A.L. Jacobs, P.E. Latham and S. Nirenberg.
    Soc. Neurosc. Abstr. 26:52.6 (2000).

  12. The distribution of ganglion cells in mouse retina.
    A.L. Jacobs, S.M. Carcieri, P.E. Latham and S. Nirenberg.
    Soc. Neurosc. Abstr. 26:52.5 (2000).

  13. Attractor networks in systems with underlying random connectivity. PDF Postscript
    P.E. Latham and S. Nirenberg.
    Soc. Neurosc. Abstr. 25:898.14 (1999).

  14. Direction- and speed-sensitive responses in the mouse retina.
    S.M. Carcieri, J.R. Sinclair, P.E. Latham, and S. Nirenberg.
    Soc. Neurosc. Abstr. 24:57.5 (1998).

  15. Heeger's normalization and ideal observers.
    S. Deneve, P.E. Latham, and A. Pouget.
    Soc. Neurosc. Abstr. 24:59.12 (1998).

  16. Intrinsic dynamics in cultured neuronal networks.
    P.E. Latham, M.J. O'Donovan, B.J. Richmond, V. Dunlap, and P.G. Nelson.
    Soc. Neurosc. Abstr. 23:86.3 (1997).

  17. Evidence for deterministic dynamics in lamprey spinal cord.
    S. Lesher, P.E. Latham, and A.H. Cohen.
    Soc. Neurosc. Abstr. 23:86.4 (1997).

  18. Experiment and theory of the role of spontaneous transmitter release in cultured neural networks.
    P.E. Latham, B.J. Richmond, and P.G. Nelson.
    Soc. Neurosc. Abstr. 22:59.18 (1996).

  19. Stimulus-elicited neuronal responses in striate and inferior temporal cortices are well-described by a gaussian distribution.
    E.D. Gershon, P.E. Latham, G.X. Gin, and B.J. Richmond.
    Soc. Neurosc. Abstr. 22:633.6 (1996).

  20. How much information is carried by correlated neurons?
    P.E. Latham, G.X. Gin, T.J. Gawne, and B.J. Richmond.
    Soc. Neurosc. Abstr. 21:649.3 (1995).

Physics publications
  1. Experimental demonstration of a W-band gyroklystron amplifier.
    M. Blank, B.G. Danly, B. Levush, P.E. Latham, and D. Pershing.
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 79(22):4485-4488 (1997).

  2. Theory of relativistic gyro-traveling wave devices.
    P.E. Latham and G.S. Nusinovich.
    Physics of Plasmas 2(9):3494-3510 (1995).

  3. Stability analysis of relativistic gyro-traveling wave devices.
    P.E. Latham and G.S. Nusinovich.
    Physics of Plasmas 2(9):3511-3523 (1995).

  4. Theory of relativistic cyclotron masers.
    G.S. Nusinovich, P.E. Latham, and O. Dumbrajs.
    Phys. Rev. E. 52(1):998-1012 (1995).

  5. High power operation of first and second harmonic gyrotwystrons.
    W. Lawson, P.E. Latham, J.P. Calame, J. Cheng, B. Hogan, G.S. Nusinovich, V. Irwin, V.L. Granatstein, and M. Reiser.
    J. Appl. Phys. 78(1):550-559 (1995).

  6. Phase-locking of a 2nd-harmonic gyrotron oscillator using a quasi-optical circulator to separate injection and output signals.
    H.Z. Guo, D.J. Hoppe, J. Rodgers, R.M. Perez, J.P. Tate, B.L Conroy, V.L. Granatstein, A.M. Bhanji, P.E. Latham, G.S. Nusinovich, M.L. Naiman, and S.H. Chen.
    IEEE Tran. Plasma Sci. 23(5):822-832 (1995).

  7. High power operation of an X-band gyrotwistron.
    P.E. Latham, W. Lawson, V. Irwin, B. Hogan, G. S. Nusinovich, H.W. Matthews, and M.K.E. Flaherty.
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 72(23):3730-3733 (1994).

  8. Measurements of velocity ratio in a 90 MW gyroklystron electron beam.
    J.P. Calame, J. Cheng, B. Hogan, W. Lawson, C.D. Striffler, P.E. Latham, and V. Irwin.
    IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 22(4):476-485 (1994).

  9. Efficiency of frequency up-shifted gyrodevices: cyclotron harmonics versus CARM's.
    G.S. Nusinovich, P.E. Latham, and H. Li.
    IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 22(5):796-803 (1994).

  10. The design of a 100 MW, Ku band second harmonic gyroklystron experiment.
    P.E. Latham, W. Lawson, and V. Irwin.
    IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 22(5):804-817 (1994).

  11. Theory of phase-locked gyrotrons operating at cyclotron harmonics.
    P.E. Latham, B. Levush, G.S. Nusinovich, and S. Parikh.
    IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 22(5):818-824 (1994).

  12. Experimental studies of stability and amplification in a two-cavity second harmonic gyroklystron.
    H.W. Matthews, W. Lawson, J.P. Calame, M.K.E. Flaherty, B. Hogan, J. Cheng, and P.E. Latham.
    IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 22(5):825-833 (1994).

  13. Amplification studies of a two-cavity second harmonic gyroklystron with a mixed-mode output cavity.
    J.P. Calame, J. Cheng, P.E. Latham, W. Lawson, B. Hogan, H.W. Matthews, M.K.E. Flaherty, and C.D. Striffler.
    J. Appl. Phys. 75(9):4721-4730 (1994).

  14. High-power operation of a K-band second harmonic gyroklystron.
    W. Lawson, H.W. Matthews, M.K.E. Lee, J.P. Calame, B. Hogan, J. Cheng, P.E. Latham, V.L. Granatstein, and M. Reiser,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 71(3):456-459 (1993).

  15. Phase locking and bandwidth in a gyrotron oscillator.
    P.E. Latham, V.L. Granatstein, and Y. Carmel.
    Int. J. Infrared Millimeter Waves 14(6):1217-1227 (1993).

  16. Use of Lie transforms to generalize Madey's theorem for computing the gain in microwave devices.
    P.E. Latham, S.M. Miller, and C.D. Striffler.
    Phys. Rev. A 45(2):1197-1206 (1992).

  17. Transverse mode interference in systems with discrete energy levels: applications to waveguide filters.
    P.E. Latham, J.M. Finn, and J.H. Booske.
    Int. J. Electronics 72(2):273-304 (1992).

  18. The scattering matrix formulation for overmoded coaxial cavities.
    W. Lawson and P.E. Latham.
    IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech. 40(10):1973-1977 (1992).

  19. High-power X-band amplification from an overmoded three-cavity gyroklyston with a tunable penultimate cavity.
    S.G. Tantawi, W.T. Main, P.E. Latham, G.S. Nusinovich, W. G. Lawson, C.D. Striffler, and V.L. Granatstein.
    IEEE Trans Plasma Sci. 20(3):205-215 (1992).

  20. Efficient operation of a high-power X-band gyroklystron.
    W. Lawson, J.P. Calame, B. Hogan, P.E. Latham, M.E. Read, V.L. Granatstein, M. Reiser, and C.D. Striffler.
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 67(4):520-523 (1991).

  21. Harmonic operation of a free-electron laser.
    P.E. Latham, B. Levush, T.M. Antonsen, Jr., and N. Metzler.
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 66(11):1442-1445 (1991).

  22. Phase stability of gyroklystron amplifier.
    G.S. Park, V.L. Granatstein, P.E. Latham, C.M. Armstrong, A.K. Ganguly, and S.Y. Park.
    IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 19(4):632-640 (1991).

  23. Experimental studies of stability and amplification in four overmoded, two-cavity gyroklystrons operating at 9.87 GHz.
    J.P. Calame, W. Lawson, V.L. Granatstein, P.E. Latham, B. Hogan, C.D. Striffler, M.E. Read, M. Reiser, and W. Main.
    J. Appl. Phys. 70(4):2423-2434 (1991).

  24. A high-average-power tapered FEL amplifier at submillimeter frequencies using sheet electron beams and short-period wigglers.
    S.W. Bidwell, D.J. Radack, T.M. Antonsen, Jr., J.H. Booske, Y. Carmel, W.W. Destler, V.L. Granatstein, B. Levush, P.E. Latham, I.D. Mayergoyz, and Z.X. Zhang.
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A304:187-191 (1991).

  25. AC space-charge effects in gyroklystron amplifiers.
    P.E. Latham.
    IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 18(3):273-285 (1990).

  26. Design of high-average-power, near-millimeter free electron laser oscillators using short-period wigglers and sheet electron beam.
    J.H. Booske, D.J. Radack, T.M. Antonsen, Jr., S.W. Bidwell, Y. Carmel, W.W. Destler, H.P. Freund, V.L. Granatstein, P.E. Latham, B. Levush, I.D. Mayergoyz, and A. Serbeto.
    IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 18(3):399-415 (1990).

  27. The interaction of high- and low-frequency waves in a free-electron laser.
    P.E. Latham and B. Levush.
    IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 18(3):472-481 (1990).

  28. High-average-power CW FELs for application to plasma heating: designs and experiments.
    J.H. Booske, V.L. Granatstein, D.J. Radack, T.M. Antonsen, Jr., S.W. Bidwell, Y. Carmel, W.W. Destler, P.E. Latham, B. Levush, I.D. Mayergoyz, Z.X. Zhang, and H.P. Freund.
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A296:791-796 (1990).

  29. Linear-analysis of a free-electron laser coupled to betatron oscillations.
    P.E. Latham.
    Phys. Fluids B 1(10):2085-2098 (1989).

  30. The use of a single source to drive a binary peak power multiplier.
    P.E. Latham.
    IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech. 37(5):929-931 (1989).

  31. Determination of the resonant frequencies in a complex cavity using the scattering matrix formulation.
    J.M. Neilson, P.E. Latham, M. Caplan, and W.G. Lawson.
    IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech. 37(8):1165-1170 (1989).

  32. Free-electron laser with small period wiggler and sheet electron beam: a study of the feasibility of operation at 300 GHz with 1 MW CW output power.
    J.H. Booske, V.L. Granatstein, T.M. Antonsen, Jr., W.W. Destler, J. Finn, P.E. Latham, B. Levush, I.D. Mayergoyz, D. Radack, and J. Rodgers.
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A285:92-96 (1989).

  33. Linear theory of a sheet beam free electron laser.
    T.M. Antonsen, Jr., and P.E. Latham.
    Phys. Fluids 31(11):3379-3386 (1988).

  34. Penultimate cavity tuning of the gyroklystron amplifier.
    K.R. Chu, P.E. Latham, and V.L. Granatstein.
    Int. J. Electronics 65(3):419-428 (1988).

  35. An FEL driven by transverse gradients in the wiggler field.
    P.E. Latham.
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A272:442-447 (1988).

  36. Near-millimeter free electron lasers with small period wigglers and sheet electron beams.
    V.L. Granatstein, T.M. Antonsen, Jr., J.H. Booske, W.W. Destler, P.E. Latham, B. Levush, I.D. Mayergoyz, D.J. Radack, Z. Segalov, and A. Serbeto
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A272:110-116 (1988).

  37. The design of a small-orbit/large-orbit gyroklystron experiment.
    W. Lawson and P.E. Latham.
    J. Appl. Phys. 61(2):519-528 (1987).

  38. Single-particle motion in a large-orbit gyrotron.
    H. Bluem, P.E. Latham, W. Lawson, and C.D. Striffler.
    IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech. 35(11):946-955 (1987).

  39. A 30-MW gyroklystron-amplifier design for high-energy linear accelerators.
    K.R. Chu, V.L. Granatstein, P.E. Latham, W. Lawson, and C.D. Striffler.
    IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 13(6):424-434 (1985).

  40. Finite resolution approximation to the asymptotic distribution for dynamical systems.
    H.D.I. Abarbanel and P.E. Latham.
    Phys. Lett. 89A(2):55-58 (1982).
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