Lectures related to Configuring your synapse to realistic biological ranges

Synaptic transmission: Structure and Mechanisms

Explores the structure and function of synapses, including neurotransmitter diversity and the role of AMPA and NMDA receptors.

Network Simulation and Activity Dynamics

Explores neural network simulation, activity dynamics, and validation processes to ensure accurate predictions.

Synaptic Transmission: Electrical vs. Chemical

Explores the differences between electrical and chemical synapses, synaptic plasticity, and receptor behavior.

Scientific Computing in Neuroscience

Explores the history and tools of scientific computing in neuroscience, emphasizing the simulation of neurons and networks.

Injecting a current

Explains injecting current into a neuron, creating recordings, running simulations, and handling synapses.

Synapses: Neuronal Dynamics

Explores the role of synapses in computational neuroscience and the models of excitatory and inhibitory synapses.

Free Piston Simulation

Demonstrates the simulation of a free piston system using COMSOL Multiphysics software.

Introduction to the simulation of the microcircuit

Introduces the simulation of a hippocampal microcircuit and its key aspects.

HPC Infrastructure: Blue Brain Project

Explores the HPC infrastructure of the Blue Brain Project, including multi-compartment neuron refinement and large-scale data processing.

Testing your synapse model in a neuron

Explores testing a synapse model in a neuron using NEURON software.

Heat Transfer in Falling Ring Simulation

Explores heat transfer in a falling ring simulation, emphasizing thermal conduction and exchange with the surrounding liquid.

Understanding Synaptic Transmission

Explores synaptic transmission, neurotransmitters, and neural plasticity principles.

Synaptic plasticity: mechanisms and functions

Explores the cellular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity, including LTP, LTD, and STDP.

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Simulating a hippocampus microcircuit

Covers the simulation of a hippocampus microcircuit with paired recordings in a rat CA1 model.

Network Simulation: Spontaneous Activity and Validation

Covers spontaneous brain network activity, neural simulation, and validation, emphasizing the importance of in-vitro and in-vivo conditions for accurate network modeling.

Simulating Single Cells with Paired Recording App

Demonstrates simulating single cells in a hippocampus microcircuit using a paired recording app.

Postsynaptic Potentials: Cellular Mechanisms

Explores cellular mechanisms of excitatory postsynaptic potentials, emphasizing synaptic summation for action potential threshold.

Physics Visualization with Jupyter Notebooks

Demonstrates using Jupyter Notebooks for interactive physics simulations and calculations.

Compiling and testing modfiles

Covers the process of compiling and testing modfiles in NEURON with a focus on synapse dynamics.