Time/Place
Credits: 5
Lecturer: Prof. Ľubica Beňušková
Introduction to basic methods of computational modelling of biological neurons and neural circuits. Students will learn the principles and methods of computational neuroscience along with the programming in NEURON. NEURON is a free software for biological neuron and neural networks modelling and simulation.
| Assignment 1 - due 26 March 2024 | 20% |
| Assignment 2 - due 23 April 2024 | 20% |
| Assignment 3 - due 24 May 2024 | 20% |
| Final exam (compulsory) | 40% |
| Max total | 100% |
| 0-50 % | Fx |
| 51-60 % | E |
| 61-70 % | D |
| 71-80 % | C |
| 81-90 % | B |
| 91-100 % | A |
| Date | Topic | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture 01 | 20/02 | Principles of computational modelling | Chap. 1 |
| Lecture 02 | 27/02 | NEURON: building a soma, Hodgkin-Huxley model | Chap. 2, pp. 13-20 & Chap. 3, pp. 47-58 & chap.3, pp. 60-71 |
| Lecture 03 | 05/03 | Theory of dendrites | Chap. 2, pp. 29-41 & Appendix B |
| Lecture 04 | 12/03 | NEURON: adding dendrites to the soma | |
| Lecture 05 | 19/03 | NEURON: creating more neurons | |
| Lecture 06 | 26/03 | NEURON: creating dendritic tree(s) | One rule to grow them all by H. Cuntz et al (journal paper) |
| No lecture | 02/04 | Easter Holiday | |
| Lecture 07 | 09/04 | NEURON: connecting neurons | Chap. 9, pp. 226-233 |
| Lecture 08 | 16/04 | Theory of synapses and synaptic plasticity | Chap. 7, pp. 172-176 and pp. 189-194 |
| Lecture 09 | 23/04 | NEURON and NMODL: ion channels | Chap. 5, pp. 96-105, Chap. 5, pp. 105-120 & 131 |
| Lecture 10 | 30/04 | Computational Neurogenetic Modelling - part 1 | genetic disorders of the brain |
| Lecture 11 | 07/05 | Computational Neurogenetic Modelling - part 2 | Book chapter |
| Lecture 12 | 14/05 | Revision: topics for exam | Latest Research and Reviews |