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WS 2026/2027

Computational Neuroscience:
Models of Neural Systems,
Theoretical Lectures

Richard Kempter and Benjamin Lindner

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Dates and Times: Weekly, on Mondays from 10:00 to 11:30h

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) 19.10.2026 Introduction; Simple units and networks of units (part 1) (Kempter)
(2) 26.10.2026 Simple units and networks of units (part 2); Adaptation and learning (part 1) (Kempter)
(3) 02.11.2026 Adaptation and learning (part 2) + Visual recepive fields (Kempter)
(4) 06.11.2026 (FRIDAY, 12:00) Visual receptive fields (Kempter)

Complex, biophysical models:
(5) 16.11.2026 Nernst equation, GHK equation, membrane equation (Lindner)
(6) 23.11.2026 Voltage clamp, synapses, integrate-and-fire models (Lindner)
(7) 30.11.2026 Nonlinear membranes, voltage-dependent conductances (Lindner)
(8) 07.12.2026 Gate model, Hodgkin-Huxley equations (Lindner)
(9) 14.12.2026 Channel models, Conductance-based neuron models (Lindner)

Concepts of nonlinear dynamics; excitability:
(10) 04.01.2027 Phase-space analysis (1- and 2-dim systems) (Lindner)
(11) 11.01.2027 Phase-space analysis (2-dim systems) (Lindner)
(12) 18.01.2027 Phase-space analysis (2-dim systems) (Lindner)

Spatially extended neurons and networks:
(13) 25.01.2027 Models of dendrites and axons (cable theory I) (Kempter)
(14) 29.01.2027 (FRIDAY, 12:00) Models of dendrites and axons (cable theory II) (Kempter)
(15) 08.02.2027 Network models (Kempter)