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WS 2023/2024

Computational Neuroscience:
Models of Neural Systems,
Theoretical Lectures

Richard Kempter and Benjamin Lindner

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Dates and Times: Weekly, on Mondays from 10:15 to 11:45h, from 23-October-2023 to 12-February-2024.

Location: Bernstein Center for Computational Neurosciences Berlin, Haus 6, Lecture Hall, Philippstr. 13.

Lecture notes and recommended reading (pdf files): Available at the Moodle Course ''Models of Neural Systems: Theoretical Lecture''



Abstract, simple, phenomenological models

(1) 23.10.2023 Introduction; Simple units and networks of units (part 1) (Kempter)
(2) 30.10.2023 Simple units and networks of units (part 2); Adaptation and learning (part 1) (Kempter)
(3) 06.11.2023 Adaptation and learning (part 2) + Visual recepive fields (Kempter)
(4) 13.11.2023 Visual receptive fields (Kempter)

Complex, biophysical models:

(5) 20.11.2023 Nernst equation, GHK equation, membrane equation (Lindner)
(6) 27.11.2023 Voltage clamp, synapses, integrate-and-fire models (Lindner)
(7) 04.12.2023 Nonlinear membranes, voltage-dependent conductances (Lindner)
(8) 11.12.2023 Gate model, Hodgkin-Huxley equations (Lindner)
(9) 18.12.2023 Channel models, Conductance-based neuron models (Lindner)

Concepts of nonlinear dynamics; excitability:

(10) 08.01.2024 Phase-space analysis (1- and 2-dim systems) (Kempter)
(11) 15.01.2024 Phase-space analysis (2-dim systems) (Lindner)
(12) 22.01.2024 Phase-space analysis (2-dim systems) (Lindner)

Spatially extended neurons and networks:

(13) 29.01.2024 Models of dendrites and axons (cable theory I) (Kempter)
(14) 05.02.2024 Models of dendrites and axons (cable theory II) (Kempter)
(15) 12.02.2024 Network models (Kempter)