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Introduction to Neuronal Networks

Difficulty level
Beginner
Type
Duration
47:05
Topic

This lecture covers integrating information within a network, modulating and controlling networks, functions and dysfunctions of hippocampal networks, and the integrative network controlling sleep and arousal.

Topics covered in this lesson
  • Biological and artificial neural networks
  • Network example: central regulation of motor control
  • Synaptic and extrasynaptic plasticity
  • Potentiation
  • Post-tetanic potentiation (PTP) and long-term potentiation (LTP)
  • Long-term depression (LTD)
  • Learning and repeated training
  • The hippocampus
  • Place and grid cells. Hippocampal interneurons
  • Memory
  • Sleep and the arousal system
  • Role of histamine signalling
  • Role of orexin/hypocretin
Prerequisites

Familiarity with the basics of neurons and signalling in the neural system.