| Massobrio Paolo |
| Email |
paolo.massobrio unige.it |
| Gender |
Male |
| Nationality |
Italy |
| Year of birth |
1979 |
| Department |
DIBE |
| University |
Univeristy of Genova |
| Country (of work) |
Italy |
| Simulation Project Title |
Modeling the stimulus-induced synaptic plasticity in cortical neuronal networks. |
| Type of model |
Compartmental model based network model |
| Description |
The main goal of the project is to develop a realistic computational model able to
describe the effects that particular patterns of electrical stimulations have on the synaptic
pathways of a cortical neuronal networks. In particular, effects of short/long-term synaptic
potentiation will be investigated. |
| Why complementary |
This proposed project is actually in between my two main fields reseach: in fact, up to
now I focused my attention on two aspects: 1) modeling neuronal networks taking into account
the effects that dendritic arborization, degree of connectivity, number of neurons have over
the global electrical activity 2)Experiments of tetanic stimulation on cortical neurons
coupled to Micro-Electrode Arrays (MEAs), in order to produce short and/or long-term effects
in the synaptic efficay. |
| Tutor |
Hermann Cuntz |