Crete Course in Computational Neuroscience.
September 7 - October 3, 1997
Daily Schedule
Weekdays were divided into two parts: Two lectures were scheduled each morning, with each week
lectures on topics ranging from subcellular to abstract systems modeling. During the first two
weeks, afternoons were spent on tutorials in the use of the supported software packages. In the
following weeks, some optional tutorials were scheduled during the afternoon.
Most of the afternoon and evening time was spent in the computer laboratory working on the
student projects.
First Week: Methods and Passive Membrane Models
The first week gave students a general introduction to the modeling techniques which were covered in more detail later in the course. At the end of this week, students were ready to start working on their modeling project.
Sunday, Sept. 7 : Welcome dinner
Monday, Sept. 8
09:20 - 9:50 : "Introduction to the course" (De Schutter & Segev)
09:50 - 12:20 : Lecture : "Intoduction to compartmental modeling" (I. Segev)
14:00 - 15:30 : Tutorial: "Unix" (D. Beeman)
16:00 - 17:00 : Lecture : "Numerical integration of differential equations" (J. Rinzel)
Tuesday, Sept. 9
09:20 - 10:50 : Lecture : "Hodgkin-Huxley and Markov modeling of channels" (A. Destexhe)
11:30 - 13:00 : Lecture : "Cortical anatomy/canonical cortical circuits" (K. Martin)
14:30 - 17:00 : Tutorial: "GENESIS 1" (Beeman & Kotter)
17:30 - 20:00 : Lecture: "Growth cone formation in Aplysia axons (M. Spira)
Wednesday, Sept. 10
morning : Library time and project supervision
14:30 - 17:00 : Lecture : "Channel soup and other ingredients of neuron simulation" (L. Borg-Graham)
17:30 - 20:00 : Lecture : "Single channels studies of Ca channels" (A. Feltz)
Thursday, Sept. 11
09:20 - 10:50 : Lecture : "Introduction to phaseplane analysis" (J. Rinzel)
11:30 - 13:00 : Lecture : " Lessons from in vivo intracellular cortical recordings" (K. Martin)
14:30 - 17:00 : Tutorial: "NEURON 1" (M. Hines)
17:30 - 20:00 : Lecture : " H. Sompolinsky : What do we need to know in order to understand how the brain computes?" (H. Sompolinsky)
Friday, Sept. 12
09:20 - 10:50 : Lecture : "Introduction to abstract neural networks" (H Sompolinsky)
11:30 - 13:00 : Lecture : "Modeling thalamocortical oscillation" (A. Destexhe)
14:30 - 17:00 : Tutorial : "XPP" (Rinzel & Williams)
Saturday, Sept. 13 : Hiking trip in Samaria canyon
Second Week: More methods, pattern generation and oscillations
Monday, Sept. 15
09:20 - 10:50 : Lecture : Introduction to cable theory" (S. Redman)
11:30 - 13:00 : Lecture : "Modeling orientation selectivity" (H. Sompolinsky)
14:30 - 16:00 : Tutorial: "GENESIS 2" (Beeman & Kotter)
Tuesday, Sept. 16
09:20 - 10:50 : Lecture : "Multi-unit recording and analysis" (M. Nicolelis)
11:30 - 13:00 : Lecture : "Synchronous firing in cortex" (A. Aertsen)
14:30 - 15:30 : Tutorial: "NEURON 2" (M. Hines)
16:00 - 17:00 : Tutorial: "XPP 2" (Rinzel & Williams)
Wednesday, Sept. 17
morning : Library time and project supervision
13:30 - 15:00 : Lecture : "Dynamic clamp and practical channel modeling" (R. Calabrese)
15:30 - 17:00 : Lecture: "Resonance and oscillations in neurons and neuronal networks" (Y. Yarom)
Thursday, Sept. 18
09:20 - 10:50 : Lecture : "Oscillation in networks of inhibitory cells" (J. Rinzel)
11:30 - 13:00 : Lecture : "Organization of the somatosensory system" (M. Nicolelis)
17:00 - 19:00 : Workshop: "Function and computations of cerebellum" (Bower et al.)
Friday, Sept. 19
09:20 - 10:50 : Lecture : "Synaptic plasticity at CA1 hippocampal synapse" (S. Redman)
11:30 - 13:00 : Lecture : "Modeling pattern generators" (R. Calabrese)
14:30 - 16:00 : Tutorial : "GENESIS 3" (Beeman & Kotter)
18:00 : Departure to Santorini
Sunday, Sept. 21
18:00 : Return from Santorini
Third Week: Sensory systems
Monday, Sept. 22
09:20 - 10:50 : Lecture : "Introduction to quantal analysis at synapses" (J. Jack)
11:30 - 13:00 : Lecture : "VLSI models of neurons and circuits" (R. Douglas)
14:30 - 16:00 : Tutorial: "Hybrid recordings using VLSI techniques" (G. LeMasson)
Tuesday, Sept. 23
09:20 - 10:50 : Lecture : "Introduction to information theory" (L. Abbott)
11:30 - 13:00 : Lecture : "The influence of neuromodulators on neural coding" (J. Bower)
Wednesday, Sept. 24
morning : Library time and project supervision
13:30 - 15:00 : Lecture : "Introduction to synaptic physiology and pharmacology" (A. Thomson)
15:30 - 17:00 : Lecture : "Models of the function of synaptic depression" (L. Abbott)
Thursday, Sept. 25
09:20 - 10:50 : Lecture : "Active dendrites of pyramidal cells" (J. Jack)
11:30 - 13:00 : Lecture : "Modeling "in vivo" synaptic responses of Purkinje cells" (E. De Schutter)
Friday, Sept. 26
09:20 - 10:50 : Lecture : "Information representation and self-organization of the primary visual cortex" (S. Tanaka)
11:30 - 13:00 : Lecture : " Physiology of cortical circuitry studied with paired recordings" (A. Thomson)
Saturday, Sept. 27 : Trip to Knossos
Fourth Week: Motor systems
Monday, Sept. 29
09:20 - 10:50 : Lecture: "Introduction to signal analysis" (S. Shamma)
11:30 - 13:00 : Lecture : "Oculomotor control" (A. Moschovakis)
14:30 - 15:30 : Tutorial: "Patch clamp tutorial" (M. Hausser)
Tuesday, Sept. 30
09:20 - 10:50 : Lecture : "Models of lamprey swimming 1" (O. Ekeberg)
11:30 - 13:00 : Lecture : "Models of lamprey swimming 2" (T .Williams)
14:30 - 15:30 : Tutorial: "Dopaminergic modulation of calcium currents in striatal neurons" (R. Kotter)
Wednesday, Oct. 1
morning : Library time and project supervision
13:30 - 15:00 : Lecture : "Implications of voltage sensitive channels for synaptic integration in the neostriatum" (C. Wilson)
15:30 - 17:00 : Lecture : "The control of multi-joint movements" (T. Flash)
Thursday, Oct. 2
09:20 - 10:50 : Lecture : "The basal ganglia" (C. Wilson)
11:30 - 13:00 : Lecture : "The auditory system" (S. Shamma)
16:00 - 17:00 : Feedback meeting with students
Friday, Oct. 3
09:20 - 12:00 : Student project presentations
13:30 - 16:00 : Student project presentations
19:00 : Farewell dinner