100000010100000100 0010000010000110 010000100100010010 1000000100100001 000010100010001000 0100000010100001 BCCN/NWG Course on Analysis and Models in Neurophysiology 04. - 08. Oktober 2006 Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Germany Organizers/Speakers: Sonja Grün, BCCN Berlin and Free Univ, Berlin Ad Aertsen, BCCN Freiburg and Albert-Ludwigs Univ, Freiburg Ulrich Egert, BCCN Freiburg and Albert-Ludwigs Univ, Freiburg Stefan Rotter, BCCN Freiburg and IGPP, Freiburg http://www.brainworks.uni-freiburg.de/teaching/nwg-course contact: nwg-course@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
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Program Analysis and Models in Neurophysiology Albert-Ludwigs Universität, Institut für Biologie I, Seminar room 1048 (lectures), CIP-room (lab work), Hauptstr. 1, 79104 Freiburg Wednesday, October 4th, 2006 13:00 Presentations by the participants 16:30 Social Event Thursday, October 5th, 2006 9:00 Stefan Rotter: Neuron Models and Point Processes I 10:30 Coffee 11:00 Stefan Rotter: Neuron Models and Point Processes II 12:30 Lunch 13:30 Lab Work: Neuron Models and Point Processes 15:00 Coffee 15:30 Lab Work: Neuron Models and Point Processes 17:00 End of lab work 3
Friday, October 6th, 2006 9:00 Ad Aertsen: Systems and Signals I 10:30 Coffee 11:00 Ad Aertsen: Systems and Signals II 12:30 Lunch 13:30 Lab Work: Systems and Signals 15:00 Coffee 15:30 Lab Work: Systems and Signals 17:00 End of lab work Saturday, October 7th, 2006 9:00 Sonja Grün: Spike Train Statistics and Correlation Measures I 10:30 Coffee 11:00 Sonja Grün: Spike Train Statistics and Correlation Measures II 12:30 Lunch 13:30 Lab Work: Spike Train Statistics and Correlation Measures 15:00 Coffee 15:30 Lab Work: Spike Train Statistics and Correlation Measures 17:00 End of lab work Sunday, October 8th, 2006 9:00 Ulrich Egert: Local Field Potentials and Synaptic Plasticity I 10:30 Coffee 11:00 Ulrich Egert: Local Field Potentials and Synaptic Plasticity II 12:30 Lunch 13:30 Lab Work: Local Field Potentials and Synaptic Plasticity 15:00 Coffee 15:30 Lab Work: Local Field Potentials and Synaptic Plasticity 17:00 End of course 4
Lecturer Prof. Dr. Ad Aersten Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Freiburg and Neurobiology & Biophysics, Inst. of Biology III Albert-Ludwigs-University, Schänzlestr. 1 D-79104 Freiburg i.br., Germany tel: +49 (0)761 203 2718, fax: +49 (0)761 203 2860 aertsen@biologie.uni-freiburg.de www.brainworks.uni-freiburg.de www.bccn.uni-freiburg.de PD Dr. Ulrich Egert Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Freiburg and Neurobiology & Biophysics, Applied Neuroscience Inst. of Biology III, Albert-Ludwigs-University Hansastr. 9a, D-79104 Freiburg i.br., Germany tel: +49 (0)761 203 9527 office, +49 (0)761 203 2912 lab fax: +49 (0)761 203 9559 egert@biologie.uni-freiburg.de www.brainworks.uni-freiburg.de/group/egert www.bccn.uni-freiburg.de PD Dr. Sonja Grün Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Berlin and Neuroinformatics/Theoretical Neuroscience Inst. Biology - Neurobiology Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise Str. 1-3 D-14195 Berlin, Germany tel: +49 (0)30 838 56635, fax: +49 (0)30 838 56686 gruen@neurobiologie.fu-berlin.de www.fu-berlin.de/neuroinformatik www.bccn-berlin.de PD Dr. Stefan Rotter Institute for Frontier Areas in Psychology and Mental Health Dept. Theory & Data Analysis Wilhelmstr. 3a, 79098 Freiburg i.br., Germany tel: +49 (0)761 207 2121, fax: +49 (0)761 207 2191 email: stefan.rotter@biologie.uni-freiburg.de http://www.igpp.de/english/tda/cv/cv sr.htm and Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Freiburg http://www.bccn.uni-freiburg.de/members/rotter.php 5
Recommended Literature: Neuron Models and Point Processes 1. Kuhn A, Aertsen A, and Rotter S. Higher-order statistics of input ensembles and the response of simple model neurons. Neural Comput 2003;15:67 101. 2. Rotter S and Diesmann M. Exact digital simulation of time-invariant linear systems with applications to neuronal modeling. Biol Cybern 1999;81:381 402. 3. Shadlen MN and Newsome WT. The variable discharge of cortical neurons: Implications for connectivity, computation, and information coding. J Neurosci 1998;18:3870 3896. Further Reading 1. Cox DR and Isham V. Point Processes. Monographs on Applied Probability and Statistics. Chapman and Hall, 1980. 2. Tuckwell HC. Introduction to Theoretical Neurobiology, volume 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
Recommended Literature: Systems and Signals Further Reading 1. Böhme J.F. Stochastische Systeme. Teubner Taschenbücher, Stuttgart 1998. 2. Oppenheim A.V., Willsky A.S., Nawab S.H. Signals and Systems. Prentice Hall, 1996 3. Papoulis A. Signal Analysis. McGraw-Hill International Editions, 1984. 4. Cruse H. Neural Networks as Cybernetic Systems. Thieme: Stuttgart, 1996 5. Further references in Notebook SS11.References.nb
Recommended Literature: Spike Train Statistics and Correlation Measures 1. Perkel DH, Gerstein GL, and Moore GP. Neuronal spike trains and stochastic point processes. I. The single spike train. Biophys J 1967a;7:391 418. 2. Perkel DH, Gerstein GL, and Moore GP. Neuronal spike trains and stochastic point processes. II. Simultaneous spike trains. Biophys J 1967b;7:419 440. 3. Aertsen A, Gerstein G, Habib M, and Palm G. Dynamics of neuronal firing correlation: Modulation of effective connectivity. J Neurophysiol 1989; 61:900 917. 4. Gerstein G and Kirkland K. Neural assemblies: technical issues, analysis, and modeling. Neural Networks 2001;14:589 598. 5. Grün S, Tennigkeit F, and Munk M. The role of time in neuronal processing. Futura 1998;13:182 196. 6. Grün S, Riehle A, Aertsen A, and Diesmann M. Temporal scales of cortical interactions. Nova Acta Leopoldina 2003a;88:1 18. Further Reading 1. Abeles M. Corticonics: Neural Circuits of the Cerebral Cortex. First edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. 2. Dayan P and Abbott LF. Theoretical Neuroscience. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2001. 3. Grün S, Diesmann M, and Aertsen A. Unitary Events in multiple singleneuron activity. I. Detection and significance. Neural Computation 2002a; 14:43 80. 4. Grün S, Diesmann M, and Aertsen A. Unitary Events in multiple singleneuron activity. II. Non-Stationary data. Neural Computation 2002b;14:81 119. 5. Grün S, Riehle A, and Diesmann M. Effect of cross-trial nonstationarity on joint-spike events. Biological Cybernetics 2003b;88:335 351. 6. Singer W, Engel AK, Kreiter AK, Munk MHJ, Neuenschwander S, and Roelfsema PR. Neuronal assemblies: necessity, signature and detectability. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 1997;1:252 261.
Recommended Literature: Local Field Potentials and Synaptic Plasticity 1. Johnston D, Wu SM Foundations of cellular neurophysiology. (Chapters 14 & 15) MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1995 2. Cowan W.M., Südhof T.C., Stevens C.F. (eds) Synapses. (Chapters 9-11) The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, London 2001 3. Abraham WC, Bear MF Metaplasticity: the plasticity of synaptic plasticity. Trends Neurosci 1996;19:126-130 Further Reading 1. Pesaran B., Pezaris J.S., Sahani M., Mitra P.P., Andersen R.A. Temporal structure in neuron neuronal activity during working memory in macaque parietal cortex. Nature Neurosci 2002;5:805 811. 2. Nicholson C., Freeman J.A. Theory of Current Source-Density Analysis and Determination of Conductivity Tensor for Anuran Cerebellum. J Neurophysiol 1975;38: 356 368. 3. Mitzdorf U., Singer W. Laminar segregation of afferents to lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat: an analysis of current source density. J Neurophysiol 1977;40:1227 1244.