Simon-Shlomo Poil

Publications

Selected academic publications in criticality, neurophysiological biomarkers, and clinical neuroinformatics.

This page lists selected publications most relevant to these themes. For the complete publication record, see my Google Scholar profile.

3,800+ citations · h-index 18 (Google Scholar, November 2026)

Recognition#

  • NWO Toptalent grant (2008) from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research for the PhD project Novel biomarkers of memory: from model to cognition (announcement, in Dutch).
  • “Alzforum Recommends” for Montez, Poil et al. (PNAS, 2009), with a commentary by Paolo Maria Rossini (Alzforum). The study was also covered in Alzforum’s news story Measuring Gross Brain Changes in AD, FTD (28 January 2009, Alzforum) and in VU Magazine (2009).

Criticality and temporal dynamics

  1. Detrended fluctuation analysis: A scale-free view on neuronal oscillations

    R. Hardstone*, S.-S. Poil*, G. Schiavone, R. Jansen, V.V. Nikulin, H.D. Mansvelder, K. Linkenkaer-Hansen
    Frontiers in Physiology 3:450, 2012 · *Shared first authorship.

    Journal articleFree full textPDFdoi:10.3389/fphys.2012.00450

  2. Critical-state dynamics of avalanches and oscillations jointly emerge from balanced excitation/inhibition in neuronal networks

    S.-S. Poil, R. Hardstone, H.D. Mansvelder, K. Linkenkaer-Hansen
    Journal of Neuroscience 32(29), 9817–9823, 2012

    Journal articleFree full textPDFModel code (CROS)doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5990-11.2012

  3. Avalanche dynamics of human brain oscillations: relation to critical branching processes and temporal correlations

    S.-S. Poil, A. van Ooyen, K. Linkenkaer-Hansen
    Human Brain Mapping 29(7), 770–777, 2008

    Journal articleFree full textPDFdoi:10.1002/hbm.20590

  4. Fast network oscillations in vitro exhibit a slow decay of temporal auto-correlations

    S.-S. Poil, R. Jansen, K. van Aerde, J. Timmerman, A.B. Brussaard, H.D. Mansvelder, K. Linkenkaer-Hansen
    European Journal of Neuroscience 34(3), 394–403, 2011

    Journal articledoi:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07748.x

  5. External drive to inhibitory cells induces alternating episodes of high- and low-amplitude oscillations

    O.J. Avella Gonzalez, K.I. van Aerde, R.A.J. van Elburg, S.-S. Poil, et al.
    PLoS Computational Biology 8(8), e1002666, 2012

    Journal articleFree full textPDFdoi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002666

  6. Long-range temporal correlations in alpha oscillations stabilize perception of ambiguous visual stimuli

    F. Sangiuliano Intra, A.-E. Avramiea, M. Irrmischer, S.-S. Poil, et al.
    Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 12:159, 2018

    Journal articleFree full textPDFdoi:10.3389/fnhum.2018.00159

  7. Strong long-range temporal correlations of beta/gamma oscillations are associated with poor sustained visual attention performance

    M. Irrmischer, S.-S. Poil, H.D. Mansvelder, et al.
    European Journal of Neuroscience 48(8), 2674–2683, 2018

    Journal articleFree full textPDFdoi:10.1111/ejn.13672

Clinical biomarkers and translation

  1. Altered temporal correlations in parietal alpha and prefrontal theta oscillations in early-stage Alzheimer disease

    T. Montez, S.-S. Poil, B.F. Jones, I. Manshanden, J.P.A. Verbunt, B.W. van Dijk, et al.
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106(5), 1614–1619, 2009

    Journal articleFree full textPDFdoi:10.1073/pnas.0811699106

  2. Integrative EEG biomarkers predict progression to Alzheimer's disease at the MCI stage

    S.-S. Poil, W. de Haan, W.M. van der Flier, H.D. Mansvelder, P. Scheltens, K. Linkenkaer-Hansen
    Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 5:58, 2013

    Journal articleFree full textPDFdoi:10.3389/fnagi.2013.00058

  3. Measurement of excitation-inhibition ratio in autism spectrum disorder using critical brain dynamics

    H. Bruining, R. Hardstone, E.L. Juarez-Martinez, J. Sprengers, A.E. Avramiea, S. Simpraga, S.-S. Poil, et al.
    Scientific Reports 10(1), 9195, 2020

    Journal articleFree full textPDFdoi:10.1038/s41598-020-65500-4

  4. EEG machine learning for accurate detection of cholinergic intervention and Alzheimer's disease

    S. Simpraga, R. Alvarez-Jimenez, H.D. Mansvelder, J.M.A. Van Gerven, G.J. Groeneveld, S.-S. Poil, K. Linkenkaer-Hansen
    Scientific Reports 7(1), 5775, 2017

    Journal articleFree full textPDFdoi:10.1038/s41598-017-06165-4

  5. Age dependent electroencephalographic changes in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

    S.-S. Poil, S. Bollmann, C. Ghisleni, R.L. O'Gorman, P. Klaver, J. Ball, D. Eich-Höchli, D. Brandeis, L. Michels
    Clinical Neurophysiology 125(8), 1626–1638, 2014

    Journal articledoi:10.1016/j.clinph.2013.12.118

  6. Qualitative EEG abnormalities in ASD reflect inhibition-dominated brain dynamics

    A.-E. Avramiea, E.L. Juarez-Martinez, P. Garcés, J.F. Hipp, S.-S. Poil, et al.
    Scientific Reports 16, 2026

    Journal articleFree full textPDFdoi:10.1038/s41598-026-42120-y

  7. An EEG nicotinic acetylcholine index to assess the efficacy of pro-cognitive compounds

    S. Simpraga, H.D. Mansvelder, G.J. Groeneveld, S. Prins, E.P. Hart, S.-S. Poil, et al.
    Clinical Neurophysiology 129(11), 2325–2332, 2018

    Journal articledoi:10.1016/j.clinph.2018.08.014

  8. Bumetanide as a candidate treatment for behavioral problems in tuberous sclerosis complex

    C. Vlaskamp, S.-S. Poil, F. Jansen, et al.
    Frontiers in Neurology 8:469, 2017

    Journal articleFree full textPDFdoi:10.3389/fneur.2017.00469

  9. Developmental changes in gamma-aminobutyric acid levels in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    S. Bollmann, C. Ghisleni, S.-S. Poil, et al.
    Translational Psychiatry 5(6), e589, 2015

    Journal articleFree full textPDFdoi:10.1038/tp.2015.79

  10. Paradoxical benzodiazepine response: a rationale for bumetanide in neurodevelopmental disorders?

    H. Bruining, L. Passtoors, N. Goriounova, F. Jansen, B. Hakvoort, M. de Jonge, S.-S. Poil
    Pediatrics 136(2), e539–e543, 2015

    Journal articledoi:10.1542/peds.2014-4133

Resting-state and multimodal imaging

  1. The Amsterdam Resting-State Questionnaire reveals multiple phenotypes of resting-state cognition

    B.A. Diaz, S. Van Der Sluis, S. Moens, J.S. Benjamins, F. Migliorati, D. Stoffers, A. Den Braber, S.-S. Poil, et al.
    Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 7:446, 2013

    Journal articleFree full textPDFdoi:10.3389/fnhum.2013.00446

  2. Individual differences in white matter diffusion affect sleep oscillations

    G. Piantoni, S.-S. Poil, et al.
    Journal of Neuroscience 33(1), 227–233, 2013

    Journal articleFree full textPDFdoi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2030-12.2013

  3. Coupling between resting cerebral perfusion and EEG

    R.L. O'Gorman, S.-S. Poil, et al.
    Brain Topography 26(3), 442–457, 2013

    Journal articledoi:10.1007/s10548-012-0265-7

  4. Subcortical glutamate mediates the reduction of short-range functional connectivity with age in a developmental cohort

    C. Ghisleni, S. Bollmann, S.-S. Poil, et al.
    Journal of Neuroscience 35(22), 8433–8441, 2015

    Journal articleFree full textPDFdoi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4375-14.2015

Theses

  1. Neurophysiological Biomarkers of Cognitive Decline: From Criticality to Toolbox

    S.-S. Poil
    PhD Thesis, VU University Amsterdam, 2012

    VU Research Portal (PDF chapters)

  2. Temporal Correlations and Criticality in Models of Neuronal Networks

    S.-S. Poil
    MSc Thesis, University of Copenhagen & VU University Amsterdam, 2007

  3. Electric Cell-substrate Impedance Sensing

    S.-S. Poil
    BSc Thesis, University of Copenhagen & Novo Nordisk A/S, 2005

Conference abstracts

  1. White matter diffusion correlates with spindles and slow waves

    G. Piantoni, S.-S. Poil, K. Linkenkaer-Hansen, Y.D. Van Der Werf, E.J. Van Someren
    SLEEP 2012, 2012

  2. Functional and morphological properties of human pyramidal neurons across cortical layers

    C.P. de Kock, G. Testa-Silva, M.B. Verhoog, N.A. Goriounova, A. Gidon, S.-S. Poil, et al.
    Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, 2011

  3. Independent component analysis of high-density EEG requires temporal pre-whitening filters

    G. Gomez-Herrero, I. Verweij, K. Rutanen, S.-S. Poil, et al.
    Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam Annual Meeting, 2011

  4. Multi-level criticality in neuronal networks

    R. Hardstone*, S.-S. Poil*, H.D. Mansvelder, K. Linkenkaer-Hansen
    Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam Annual Meeting, 2011

  5. The Neurophysiological Biomarker Toolbox (NBT)

    R. Jansen*, S.-S. Poil*, H.D. Mansvelder, K. Linkenkaer-Hansen
    Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam Annual Meeting, 2011

  6. Multi-scale criticality in neuronal network models of ongoing oscillations

    R. Hardstone*, S.-S. Poil*, H.D. Mansvelder, K. Linkenkaer-Hansen
    7th FENS Forum of European Neuroscience, 2010

  7. Ongoing alpha oscillations exhibit multi-fractal properties that are altered in early-stage Alzheimer's disease

    S.-S. Poil, E.A.F. Ihlen, P. Scheltens, H.D. Mansvelder, K. Linkenkaer-Hansen
    7th FENS Forum of European Neuroscience, 2010

  8. The Neurophysiological Biomarker Toolbox for pre-clinical EEG/MEG research

    S.-S. Poil, K. Linkenkaer-Hansen
    ONWA annual PhD meeting, 2009

  9. Impaired temporal correlations in temporo-parietal oscillations in early-stage Alzheimer's disease

    K. Linkenkaer-Hansen, S.-S. Poil, et al.
    Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting (Program No. 246.2/P6), 2008

  10. Avalanche dynamics of ongoing oscillations in vitro, in vivo, and in computational models

    S.-S. Poil, R. Jansen, A.B. Brussaard, A. van Ooyen, K. Linkenkaer-Hansen
    7th Dutch Endo-Neuro-Psycho Meeting; 6th FENS Forum of European Neuroscience, 2008

  11. Computational modelling of burst-like neuronal activity

    S.-S. Poil, A. van Ooyen, K. Linkenkaer-Hansen
    6th Dutch Endo-Neuro-Psycho Meeting (poster), 2007

  12. Synaptic connectivity underlying long-range temporal correlations

    S.-S. Poil, A. van Ooyen, K. Linkenkaer-Hansen
    6th Dutch Endo-Neuro-Psycho Meeting, 2007

  13. Critical dynamics in developing cortical networks

    I. Vajda, S.-S. Poil, K. Linkenkaer-Hansen, A. van Ooyen
    6th Dutch Endo-Neuro-Psycho Meeting, 2007