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Norbert Fortin

Title(s)Associate Professor, Neurobiology & Behavior
SchoolSchool of Biological Sciences
Address106 Bonney Research Lab
Zot 3800
Irvine CA 92697
Phone(949) 824-9740
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    1. Optimal Transport based Cross-Domain Integration for Heterogeneous Data. J Am Stat Assoc. 2025 Sep 17. Yuan Y, Zhang Y, Shahbaba B, Fortin N, Cooper K, Nie Q, Qu A. PMID: 41098183; PMCID: PMC12520601.
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    2. A scalable reinforcement learning framework inspired by hippocampal memory mechanisms for efficient contextual and sequential decision making. Sci Rep. 2025 Jul 12; 15(1):25221. Poursiami H, Moshruba A, Cooper KW, Gobin D, Kaiser MA, Singh A, Noor R, Shahbaba B, Jaiswal A, Fortin NJ, Parsa M. PMID: 40652085; PMCID: PMC12255686.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    3. Methods for Brain Connectivity Analysis with Applications to Rat Local Field Potential Recordings. Entropy (Basel). 2025 Mar 21; 27(4). El-Yaagoubi AB, Aslan S, Gomawi F, Redondo PV, Roy S, Sultan MS, Talento MS, Tarrazona FT, Wu H, Cooper KW, Fortin NJ, Ombao H. PMID: 40282562; PMCID: PMC12025641.
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    4. A Model-Agnostic Graph Neural Network for Integrating Local and Global Information. J Am Stat Assoc. 2025 Jun; 120(550):1225-1238. Zhou W, Qu A, Cooper KW, Fortin N, Shahbaba B. PMID: 40787607; PMCID: PMC12333528.
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    5. Smooth online parameter estimation for time varying VAR models with application to rat local field potential activity data. Stat Interface. 2023; 16(2):227-257. El Yaagoubi Bourakna A, Pinto M, Fortin N, Ombao H. PMID: 40270583; PMCID: PMC12015553.
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    6. Proximal CA1 20-40 Hz power dynamics reflect trial-specific information processing supporting nonspatial sequence memory. Elife. 2022 05 09; 11. Gattas S, Elias GA, Janecek J, Yassa MA, Fortin NJ. PMID: 35532116; PMCID: PMC9170241.
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    7. Hippocampal ensembles represent sequential relationships among an extended sequence of nonspatial events. Nat Commun. 2022 02 08; 13(1):787. Shahbaba B, Li L, Agostinelli F, Saraf M, Cooper KW, Haghverdian D, Elias GA, Baldi P, Fortin NJ. PMID: 35136052; PMCID: PMC8825855.
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    8. Brain Waves Analysis Via a Non-Parametric Bayesian Mixture of Autoregressive Kernels. Comput Stat Data Anal. 2022 Oct; 174. Granados-Garcia G, Fiecas M, Babak S, Fortin NJ, Ombao H. PMID: 35781923; PMCID: PMC9246339.
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    9. Regularized matrix data clustering and its application to image analysis. Biometrics. 2021 09; 77(3):890-902. Gao X, Shen W, Zhang L, Hu J, Fortin NJ, Frostig RD, Ombao H. PMID: 32799339; PMCID: PMC7884484.
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    10. Evolutionary State-Space Model and Its Application to Time-Frequency Analysis of Local Field Potentials. Stat Sin. 2020 Jul; 30(3):1561-1582. Gao X, Shen W, Shahbaba B, Fortin NJ, Ombao H. PMID: 32774073; PMCID: PMC7410164.
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    11. A Hierarchical Bayesian Model for Differential Connectivity in Multi-trial Brain Signals. Econom Stat. 2020 Jul; 15:117-135. Hu L, Guindani M, Fortin NJ, Ombao H. PMID: 33163735; PMCID: PMC7643916.
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    12. Modeling Dynamic Functional Connectivity with Latent Factor Gaussian Processes. Adv Neural Inf Process Syst. 2019 Dec; 32:8263-8273. Li L, Pluta D, Shahbaba B, Fortin N, Ombao H, Baldi P. PMID: 33041607; PMCID: PMC7540610.
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    13. Flexible Bayesian Dynamic Modeling of Correlation and Covariance Matrices. Bayesian Anal. 2020 Dec; 15(4):1199-1228. Lan S, Holbrook A, Elias GA, Fortin NJ, Ombao H, Shahbaba B. PMID: 33868547; PMCID: PMC8048134.
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    14. The hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and perirhinal cortex are critical to incidental order memory. Behav Brain Res. 2020 02 03; 379:112215. Allen LM, Lesyshyn RA, O'Dell SJ, Allen TA, Fortin NJ. PMID: 31682866; PMCID: PMC6917868.
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    15. Nonspatial sequence coding varies along the CA1 transverse axis. Behav Brain Res. 2018 11 15; 354:39-47. Ng CW, Elias GA, Asem JSA, Allen TA, Fortin NJ. PMID: 29107714; PMCID: PMC7567427.
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    16. A Bayesian supervised dual-dimensionality reduction model for simultaneous decoding of LFP and spike train signals. Stat (Int Stat Inst). 2017; 6(1):53-67. Holbrook A, Vandenberg-Rodes A, Fortin N, Shahbaba B. PMID: 28529731; PMCID: PMC5433266.
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    17. Nonspatial Sequence Coding in CA1 Neurons. J Neurosci. 2016 Feb 03; 36(5):1547-63. Allen TA, Salz DM, McKenzie S, Fortin NJ. PMID: 26843637; PMCID: PMC4737769.
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    18. Memory for sequences of events impaired in typical aging. Learn Mem. 2015 Mar; 22(3):138-48. Allen TA, Morris AM, Stark SM, Fortin NJ, Stark CE. PMID: 25691514; PMCID: PMC4340129.
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    19. A Sequence of events model of episodic memory shows parallels in rats and humans. Hippocampus. 2014 Oct; 24(10):1178-88. Allen TA, Morris AM, Mattfeld AT, Stark CE, Fortin NJ. PMID: 24802767; PMCID: PMC8555854.
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    20. Reply to Rattenborg and Martinez-Gonzalez: Fundamental and divergent aspects of the neurobiology of episodic memory. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Oct 01; 110(40):E3742. Allen TA, Fortin NJ. PMID: 24224185; PMCID: PMC3791754.
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    21. Critical role of the hippocampus in memory for elapsed time. J Neurosci. 2013 Aug 21; 33(34):13888-93. Jacobs NS, Allen TA, Nguyen N, Fortin NJ. PMID: 23966708; PMCID: PMC6618651.
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    22. The evolution of episodic memory. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jun 18; 110 Suppl 2:10379-86. Allen TA, Fortin NJ. PMID: 23754432; PMCID: PMC3690604.
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    23. A preclinical cognitive test battery to parallel the National Institute of Health Toolbox in humans: bridging the translational gap. Neurobiol Aging. 2013 Jul; 34(7):1891-901. Snigdha S, Milgram NW, Willis SL, Albert M, Weintraub S, Fortin NJ, Cotman CW. PMID: 23434040; PMCID: PMC3650917.
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    24. Recognition memory for social and non-social odors: differential effects of neurotoxic lesions to the hippocampus and perirhinal cortex. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2012 Jan; 97(1):7-16. Feinberg LM, Allen TA, Ly D, Fortin NJ. PMID: 21930227.
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    25. Towards a functional organization of episodic memory in the medial temporal lobe. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2012 Aug; 36(7):1597-608. Eichenbaum H, Sauvage M, Fortin N, Komorowski R, Lipton P. PMID: 21810443; PMCID: PMC3227798.
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    26. An animal model of amnesia that uses Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) analysis to distinguish recollection from familiarity deficits in recognition memory. Neuropsychologia. 2010 Jul; 48(8):2281-9. Eichenbaum H, Fortin N, Sauvage M, Robitsek RJ, Farovik A. PMID: 19772865; PMCID: PMC2891833.
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    27. The neurobiology of memory based predictions. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2009 May 12; 364(1521):1183-91. Eichenbaum H, Fortin NJ. PMID: 19527999; PMCID: PMC2666706.
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    28. Cognitive aging: a common decline of episodic recollection and spatial memory in rats. J Neurosci. 2008 Sep 03; 28(36):8945-54. Robitsek RJ, Fortin NJ, Koh MT, Gallagher M, Eichenbaum H. PMID: 18768688; PMCID: PMC2585597.
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    29. ROCs in rats? Response to Wixted and Squire. Learn Mem. 2008 Sep; 15(9):691-3. Eichenbaum H, Sauvage MM, Fortin NJ, Yonelinas AP. PMID: 18772257.
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    30. Recognition memory: opposite effects of hippocampal damage on recollection and familiarity. Nat Neurosci. 2008 Jan; 11(1):16-8. Sauvage MM, Fortin NJ, Owens CB, Yonelinas AP, Eichenbaum H. PMID: 18037884; PMCID: PMC4053160.
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    31. Bridging the gap between brain and behavior: cognitive and neural mechanisms of episodic memory. J Exp Anal Behav. 2005 Nov; 84(3):619-29. Eichenbaum H, Fortin NJ. PMID: 16596982; PMCID: PMC1389783.
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    32. Recollection-like memory retrieval in rats is dependent on the hippocampus. Nature. 2004 Sep 09; 431(7005):188-91. Fortin NJ, Wright SP, Eichenbaum H. PMID: 15356631; PMCID: PMC4053162.
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    33. The hippocampus and disambiguation of overlapping sequences. J Neurosci. 2002 Jul 01; 22(13):5760-8. Agster KL, Fortin NJ, Eichenbaum H. PMID: 12097529; PMCID: PMC4053169.
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    34. Critical role of the hippocampus in memory for sequences of events. Nat Neurosci. 2002 May; 5(5):458-62. Fortin NJ, Agster KL, Eichenbaum HB. PMID: 11976705; PMCID: PMC4053170.
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    35. The nucleotide sequence of chromosome I from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1995 Apr 25; 92(9):3809-13. Bussey H, Kaback DB, Zhong W, Vo DT, Clark MW, Fortin N, Hall J, Ouellette BF, Keng T, Barton AB, et al. PMID: 7731988; PMCID: PMC42051.
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