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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
  1. Biological and artificial neural networks
  2. Network example: central regulation of motor control
  3. Synaptic and extrasynaptic plasticity
  4. Potentiation
  5. Post-tetanic potentiation (PTP) and long-term potentiation (LTP)
  6. Long-term depression (LTD)
  7. Learning and repeated training
  8. The hippocampus
  9. Place and grid cells. Hippocampal interneurons
  10. Memory
  11. Sleep and the arousal system
  12. Role of histamine signalling
  13. Role of orexin/hypocretin
Prerequisites

Basics of neurons and signalling in the neural system