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Week
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Tuesday (lecture)
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Thursday (Discussion)
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Problem Set / Paper / Reading
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April 2
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April 4
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1
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LECTURE: Introduction / Neuroelectronics
I
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LECTURE: NEURON tutorial
bistable.hoc nap.mod pasnak.mod
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Koch Chapter
1
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April
9
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April 11
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2
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Neuroelectronics Part II
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NEURON Tutorial, part
two, advanced features and mod files
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PS
#1: input output relations in neurons
Koch Chapter 6
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April
16
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April 18
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3
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No Lecture
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Paper 1: Active propagation of somatic action potentials
into neocortical pyramidal cell dendrites (Stuart & Sakman)
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PS #2: Mechanisms of active propagation
Koch Chapters 2 and 3
Bush & Sejnowski, 1993
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April 23
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April 25
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4
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Propagation of signals within neurons, axonal and
dendritic mechanisms
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Paper 2: Modulation of intracortical synaptic potentials by presynaptic
somatic membrane potential . (Shu et al.)
Combined analog and action potential coding in hippocampal
mossy fibers (Alle et al.)
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PS#3: Analog/digital
axonal transmission
Koch Chapter 4
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April 30
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May 2
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5
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Hodgkin Huxley Analysis of spike generation
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Paper 3: Dynamic spike threshold reveals a mechanism for synaptic
coincidence detection in cortical neurons in vivo (Azouz and Grey). See also Azouz and Grey, 2003
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Koch Chapter 9
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May 7
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May
9
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6
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Beyond Hodgkin-Huxley & dynamical systems
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Paper 4: The 'window' component of the low
threshold Ca2+ current produces input signal amplification and bistability in cat and rat thalamocortical neurone (Williams et al., 1997)
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PS #4: Coincidence Detection
Koch Chapter 11
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May 14
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May 16
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7
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Neuronal Communication
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Paper 5: A mechanism for generation of long-range synchronous fast
oscillations in the cortex (Bartos & Jonas)
Traub model
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PS #5: Network
synchrony driven by inhibition
Final Project proposal due
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May 21
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May 23
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8
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Plasticity and Homeostasis
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Paper 6: Axonal delay lines for time measurement in the
owl's brainstem (Konishi and Carr)
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PS #6:
Gain Control
Koch Chapter 16
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May 28
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May 30
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9
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Realistic Neuronal Networks, Oscillations,
resonance, synchrony
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Paper 7: Detection of synchrony in the activity
of auditory nerve fibers by octopus cells of the mammalian cochlear nucleus (Oertel)
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Koch Chapter 13
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June 4
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June 6, Alway M112
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10
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Gain control
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Paper 8: Gain Control Abbott et al 1997 For background, please also read
Varela et al 1997
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June 11
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June 13
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11
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Final Presentations
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Final Presentations
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