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This lecture covers visualizing extracellular neurotransmitter dynamics

Difficulty level: Beginner
Duration: 23:20

This lesson goes over the basic mechanisms of neural synapses, the space between neurons where signals may be transmitted. 

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Duration: 7:03
Speaker: : Marcus Ghosh

This lesson describes spike timing-dependent plasticity (STDP), a biological process that adjusts the strength of connections between neurons in the brain, and how one can implement or mimic this process in a computational model. You will also find links for practical exercises at the bottom of this page. 

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Duration: 12:50
Speaker: : Dan Goodman

This lesson discusses a gripping neuroscientific question: why have neurons developed the discrete action potential, or spike, as a principle method of communication? 

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Duration: 9:34
Speaker: : Dan Goodman

This lecture consists of the second half of the introduction to signal transduction, here focusing on cell receptors and signalling cascades.

Difficulty level: Beginner
Duration: 41:38

In this lesson, you will learn about GABAergic interneurons and local inhibition on the circuit level.

Difficulty level: Beginner
Duration: 16:27
Speaker: : Carl Petersen

This lesson provides an overview of the current status in the field of neuroscientific ontologies, presenting examples of data organization and standards, particularly from neuroimaging and electrophysiology. 

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Duration: 33:41

Following the previous lesson on neuronal structure, this lesson discusses neuronal function, particularly focusing on spike triggering and propogation. 

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Duration: 6:58
Speaker: : Marcus Ghosh

This lesson introduces the practical exercises which accompany the previous lessons on animal and human connectomes in the brain and nervous system. 

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Duration: 4:10
Speaker: : Dan Goodman

This lesson provides an introduction to the myriad forms of cellular mechanisms whicn underpin healthy brain function and communication. 

Difficulty level: Beginner
Duration: 12:20
Speaker: : Carl Petersen

This lesson provides an introduction to the course Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Function.

Difficulty level: Beginner
Duration: 12:20
Speaker: : Carl Petersen

In this lesson you will learn about ion channels and the movement of ions across the cell membrane, one of the key mechanisms underlying neuronal communication. 

Difficulty level: Beginner
Duration: 25:51
Speaker: : Carl Petersen

This lesson presents the typical setup, equipment, and solutions used in whole-cell recording of neurons. 

Difficulty level: Beginner
Duration: 09:13
Speaker: : Carl Petersen

This lesson provides an introductory overview to synaptic transmission and associated neurotransmitters. 

Difficulty level: Beginner
Duration: 28:22
Speaker: : Carl Petersen

This lecture covers NeuronUnit, a library that builds upon SciUnit and integrates with several existing neuroinformatics resources to support validating single-neuron models using data gathered by neurophysiologists.

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Duration: 17:21
Speaker: : Richard Gerkin

This lesson provides an introduction to the NeuroElectro project, which aims to organize information on cellular neurophysiology.

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Duration: 17:41

This lesson covers simultaneously recorded neurons in non-human primates coordinate their spiking activity in a sequential manner that mirrors the dominant wave propagation directions of the local field potentials.

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Duration: 26:54

This talk covers statistical analysis of spike train data, the modeling approach GLM, and the problem of assessing neural synchrony.

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Duration: 25:17
Speaker: : Rob Kass

This talk covers statistical methods for characterizing neural population responses and extracting structure from high-dimensional neural data.

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Duration: 26:15
Speaker: : Jonathan Pillow

This presentation discusses research aimed at understanding the activity of single neurons and populations of neurons in the visual system.

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Duration: 28:23
Speaker: : Matteo Carandini