Klaus Stiefel, PhD, La Jolla, California, USA

Lecture
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  Klaus Stiefel, PhD,
  Computational Neurobiology Lab,
  Salk Institute for Biological Studies,
  La Jolla, California, USA


                NONLINEAR DYNAMICS IN NEURAL FUNCTION


  Neurons display a wide variety of different non-linerar dynamics,
  such as action potential firing, sub-threshold oscillations
  and the non-linear integration of synaptic inputs. We have used
  in-vitro patch clamp recordings in slices of the mouse visual cortex
  and biophysical simulations to investigate some of these phenomena.
  In particular, we investigated the irregularity of spike trains in
  pyramidal neurons and interneurons, the effect of the neuromodulator
  acetylcholine on the spike phase-reset curves of neurons and the
  interaction of sub-threshold oscillations with inhibitory synaptic
  potentials. A framework derived from dynamical-systems theory
  unifying these phenomena is presented.

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  Zeit:   Donnerstag, 7. September 2006, 18:30 Uhr pktl.

  Ort:    Oesterreichisches Forschungsinstitut
          fuer Artificial Intelligence, OFAI
          Freyung 6, Stiege 6, 1010 Wien.


  OESTERREICHISCHE STUDIENGESELLSCHAFT
  FUER KYBERNETIK



  o.Univ.-Prof. Ing. Dr. Robert Trappl


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