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Alex Vaz

University of Pennsylvania
Verified email at pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Cited by 457

Coupled ripple oscillations between the medial temporal lobe and neocortex retrieve human memory

AP Vaz, SK Inati, N Brunel, KA Zaghloul - Science, 2019 - science.org
… We dedicate this work to the late Anslem Vaz. Funding: This work was supported by the
Intramural Research Program of the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (…

Replay of cortical spiking sequences during human memory retrieval

AP Vaz, JH Wittig Jr, SK Inati, KA Zaghloul - Science, 2020 - science.org
Episodic memory retrieval is thought to rely on the replay of past experiences, yet it remains
unknown how human single-unit activity is temporally organized during episodic memory …

[HTML][HTML] A concise review on the current understanding of pancreatic cancer stem cells

AP Vaz, MP Ponnusamy… - Journal of cancer stem …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Several evidences suggest that a small population of cells known as cancer stem cells (CSCs)
or tumor initiating stemlike cells within a tumor is capable of tumor initiation, maintenance …

PD2/PAF1 at the crossroads of the cancer network

S Karmakar, P Dey, AP Vaz, SR Bhaumik… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
Pancreatic differentiation 2 (PD2)/RNA polymerase II–associated factor 1 (PAF1) is the core
subunit of the human PAF1 complex (PAF1C) that regulates the promoter-proximal pausing …

[HTML][HTML] Backbone spiking sequence as a basis for preplay, replay, and default states in human cortex

AP Vaz, JH Wittig Jr, SK Inati, KA Zaghloul - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Sequences of spiking activity have been heavily implicated as potential substrates of
memory formation and retrieval across many species. A parallel line of recent evidence also …

Translation of Berlin Questionnaire to Portuguese language and its application in OSA identification in a sleep disordered breathing clinic

AP Vaz, M Drummond, PC Mota, M Severo… - Revista Portuguesa de …, 2011 - Elsevier
Background Berlin Questionnaire (BQ), an English language screening tool for obstructive
sleep apnea (OSA) in primary care, has been applied in tertiary settings, with variable results. …

Classification of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) according to the new Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) 2017: comparison …

…, DM Rodrigues, M Dias, I Ladeira, AP Vaz… - COPD: Journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality
worldwide. The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) project has …

Ripples reflect a spectrum of synchronous spiking activity in human anterior temporal lobe

APS Tong, AP Vaz, JH Wittig, SK Inati, KA Zaghloul - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Direct brain recordings have provided important insights into how high-frequency activity
captured through intracranial EEG (iEEG) supports human memory retrieval. The extent to …

Dual origins of measured phase-amplitude coupling reveal distinct neural mechanisms underlying episodic memory in the human cortex

AP Vaz, RB Yaffe, JH Wittig Jr, SK Inati, KA Zaghloul - Neuroimage, 2017 - Elsevier
Phase-amplitude coupling (PAC) is hypothesized to coordinate neural activity, but its role in
successful memory formation in the human cortex is unknown. Measures of PAC are difficult …

Cancer stem cells and therapeutic targets: an emerging field for cancer treatment

AP Vaz, MP Ponnusamy, SK Batra - Drug delivery and translational …, 2013 - Springer
Recent paradigm in the field of cancer defines its origin from a small population of fast-growing
cells known as cancer stem cells (CSCs), and they are mainly responsible for disease …