MA 769: Mathematical Neuroscience

Tues/Thurs 9:30-10:45, PSY B39


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Problem sets

Assignment 1 is here. It is due Tuesday, October 1 at the beginning of class.

Assignment 2 is here. It is due Tuesday, October 22 at the beginning of class.


Readings and Materials

Hodgkin & Huxley 1952e pdf

Andrew Huxley's Nobel lecture pdf

Hodgkin/Huxley model notebook download file

Abbott & Kepler 2005, Model Neurons: from Hodgkin-Huxley to Hopfield pdf

Fitzhugh 1961, Impulses and physiological states in theoretical models of nerve membrane pdf

Gardner 1988, The space of interactions in neural network models pdf

Talagrand 1999, Self averaging and the space of interactions in neural networks pdf

Brunel et al. 2004, Optimal Information Storage and the Distribution of Synaptic Weights: Perceptron versus Purkinje Cell pdf

Brunel 2016, Is cortical connectivity optimized for storing information? pdf

Perceptron notebook download file

Wilson & Cowan 1972 pdf

Sompolinskey, Cristant & Sommers 1988, Chaos in random neural networks pdf

van Vreeswijk & Sompolinsky 1998, Chaotic balanced state in a model of cortical circuits pdf

Renart, de la Rocha et al. 2010, The asynchronous state in cortical circuits pdf

Baker et al. 2019, Correlated states in balanced neuronal networks pdf

Resources

Mathematical Foundations of Neuroscience pdf

Dynamical Systems in Neuroscience pdf

Complex Variables with Applications libre text


Contact information

Professor: Gabriel Koch Ocker
Office: CCDS 443
Email: gkocker [at] bu.edu
Office Hours: Tues. 2-3p.m., Fri. 11a.m.-noon, or by appointment


Course information

The syllabus and detailed information are here: (pdf)