COSC422
COSC422 Lectures
| Click for a PDF | Date | Topic | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture 01 | 10 July | Introduction: basic concepts | (1) Blue Brain Project video & (2) official webpage |
| Lecture 02 | 17 July | Theory of action potentials | (1) Chapter 1 from the textbook (2) Brain in a box (journal paper) |
| Lecture 03 | 24 July | NEURON: building the soma | (1) Chapter 2, pp. 13-20 (2) Chapter 3, pp. 60-71 |
| Lecture 04 | 31 July | Theory of dendrites | (1) Chapter 2, pp. 29-41 (2) Appendix B, pp. 328-333 |
| Lecture 05 | 07 Aug | NEURON: adding the dendrites | Modelling the dendrites |
| Lecture 06 | 14 Aug | NEURON: adding more neurons | by Segev & London (journal paper) |
| Lecture 07 | 21 Aug | NEURON: adding more dendrites |
One rule to grow them all by H. Cuntz et al. (journal paper) |
| Mid-semester break | |||
| Lecture 08 | 04 Sep | Theory of synapses and synaptic plasticity |
Chapter 7, pp. 172-176, and pp. 189-194 |
| Lecture 09 | 11 Sep | NEURON: connecting neurons and how to store the data |
Chapter 9, pp. 226-233 |
| Lecture 10 | 18 Sep | NEURON and NMODL | (1) Chapter 5, pp. 96-109 (2) genetic disorders |
| Lecture 11 | 25 Sep | NMODL: ion channels | Chapter 5, pp. 118-120 & p.131 |
| Lecture 12 | 02 Oct | Neural code; I&F neurons | (1) Chapter 8, pp. 196-197 (2) Chapter 8, pp. 204-221 |
| Lecture 13 | 09 Oct | Revision: what will be examined | past exams |
