Publications

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L Fritschi, JH Lindmar, F Scheidl, K Lenk*: Neuronal and Astrocytic Regulations in Schizophrenia: A Computational Modelling Study. Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 322. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2021.718459
A Ahtiainen*, B Genocchi*, J Tanskanen, MT Barros, JAK Hyttinen, K Lenk: Astrocytes exhibit a protective role in neuronal firing patterns under chemically induced seizures in neuron–astrocyte co-cultures. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 (23), 12770. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms222312770
K Lenk∗, B Genocchi, MT Barros, JAK Hyttinen: Larger Connection Radius Increases Hub Astrocyte Number in a 3D Neuron-Astrocyte Network Model. IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multi-Scale Communications 2021. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMBMC.2021.3054890
B Genocchi, A Cunha, S Jain, J Hyttinen, K Lenk, AJ Ellingsrud: Parametric exploration of cellular swelling in a computational model of cortical spreading depression. Proceedings of IEEE EMBC 2020, 2491-2495. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9175306
K Lenk†,∗, E Satuvuori†, J Lallouette, A Ladrón-de-Guevara, H Berry, J AK Hyttinen: A computational model of interactions between neuron and astrocyte networks: role of astrocytes on stability of the neuronal firing rate. Front. Comput. Neurosci. 2020, 13:92. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncom.2019.00092
SD Klapper, P Garg, S Dagar, K Lenk, K Gottmann*, K Nieweg*: Astrocyte lineage cells are essential for functional neuronal differentiation and synapse maturation in human iPSC-derived neural networks. Glia 2019, 67(10):1893-1909. https://doi.org/10.1002/glia.23666
B Genocchi*, K Lenk, J Hyttinen: Influence of astrocytic gap junction coupling on in silico neuronal network activity. MEDICON 2019, IFMBE Proceedings, 76:480-487. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31635-8_58
Best Student Paper Award at the conference MEDICON 2019
LK Kutsche†, DM Gysi†, J Fallmann, K Lenk, R Petri, A Swiersy, SD Klapper, K Pircs, S Khattak, PF Stadler, J Jakobsson, K Nowick, V Busskamp*: Combined Experimental and System-Level Analyses Reveal the Complex Regulatory Network of miR-124 during Human Neurogenesis. Cell Systems 2018, 7:1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cels.2018.08.011
F Oschmann, H Berry, K Obermayer, K Lenk*: From in silico astrocyte cell models
to neuron- astrocyte network models. Brain Res. Bull. 2018, 136:76-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainresbull.2017.01.027
MU Khalid, A Tervonen, I Korkka, J Hyttinen, K Lenk*: Geometry-based Computational Modeling of Calcium Signaling in an Astrocyte. Proc. EMBEC’17 & NBC’17, 157-160. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5122-7_40
E Satuvuori, M Mulansky, N Bozanic, Irene Malvestio, Fleur Zeldenrust, K Lenk, T Kreuz*: Measures of Measures of spike train synchrony for data with multiple time-scales. J Neurosci. Meth. 2017, 287:25-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2017.05.028
I Välkki, K Lenk, FE Kapucu, JE Mikkonen, J Hyttinen*: Network-Wide Adaptive Burst Detection Depicts Neuronal Activity with Improved Accuracy. Front. Comput. Neurosci. 2017, 11:40. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncom.2017.00040
FE Kapucu, I Välkki, JE Mikkonen, C Leone, K Lenk, JMA Tanskanen, JAK Hyttinen: Spectral entropy based neuronal network synchronization analysis based on microelectrode array measurements. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience 2016, 10:112. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncom.2016.00112
K Lenk*, B Priwitzer, L Ylä-Outinen, LHB Tietz, S Narkilahti, JAK Hyttinen: Simulation of developing human neuronal cell networks. Biomed. Eng. Online 2016, 15:105. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12938-016-0226-6
K Lenk*, E Räisänen, JAK Hyttinen: Understanding the role of astrocytic GABA in simulated neural networks. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2016.7592125
K Lenk: A Simple Phenomenological Neuronal Model with Inhibitory and Excitatory Synapses. Lecture Notes in Comput. Sci. 2011, 7015: 232-238. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25020-0_30