Theoretical Neuroscience Journal Club
Fall 2008
Follow this link to the Spring 2009 Journal Club
Place: Math 402
Time: every other Monday, 3-4pm
Agenda
- W Gerstner, R Kempter, J L van Hemmen, H Wagner, Nature 383 (1996)
- R Kempter, W Gerstner, J L van Hemmen, Phys. Rev. E 59 (1999)
- Of related interest: R Kempter, C Leibold, H Wagner, J L van Hemmen, PNAS 98 (2001)
Nov. 3: no meeting
Oct. 20: Bistability in perception
Presenters: David Lyttle and Ann Revill (Jean-Marc Fellous mentor)Oct. 6: Implementing Bayesian inference using population coding
Presenters: David Love and Josh Martin (Michael Frank mentor)Sept. 22: Reinforcement learning of bird songs
- I R Fiete, H S Seung, Phys Rev Lett 97 (2006)
- I R Fiete, M S Fee, H S Seung, J Neurophysiol 98 (2007)
Potential reading list & suggested topics
- Spin glass model of path integration in
rats:
(suggested by Marek Rychlik) - Mathematical models of cochlear
nucleus onset neurons:
(suggested by Chris Bergevin)- Paper I: S Kalluri, Bertrand Delgutte, Journal of Computational Neuroscience 14 (2003)
- Paper II: S Kalluri, Bertrand Delgutte, Journal of Computational Neuroscience 14 (2003)
- Glass-like material properties of neurons:
(suggested by Massimo Piatelli)
Recommended background reading
- General
background: Brain
Facts from
the Society for
Neuroscience
- Intro to neuronal dynamics:
Chapter
1
of Gerstner
and Kistler
- Intro to network
models: Chapter 7
of Dayan
and Abbott