MA 769: Mathematical Neuroscience
Tues/Thurs 9:30-10:45, PSY B39
Announcements
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)