Spiking Neuron Models Journal Club

Spiking Neural Models Journal Club

Spring 2003

Organizer

Sue Becker, PC-312, becker 'at' mcmaster.ca

Meeting Times

Tuesdays 1-3pm, Room PC-311, May 20 - July 22, except in weeks 5 and 6 we will meet on Wednesday rather than TUesday, but same place, same time.

Course/comp credit

For graduate students participating in this journal club for Psych734 or comprehensive credit, please see the Psych734 course outline.

Readings

The Gerstner & Kistler text is available online. Copies of selected chapters from the Wilson text are available for photocopying in the "Spiking Neurons Journal Club" folder in the Psychology main office. You can download from this directory (password-protected) the remaining articles.

Primary texts:
- Hugh Wilson, Spikes decisions and actions: Dynamical foundatoins of neuroscience, Oxford University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-19-852431-5 (Hdbk) ISBN 0-19-852430-7 (Pbk).
- Wulfram Gerstner and Werner Kistler, Spiking neuron models: single neurons, populations, plasticity. Cambridge University Press 2002. ISBN 0-521-81384-0 (Hdbk), ISBN 0-521-89079-9 (Pbk). Link to online version.
Additional readings
- Rudolph, M. and Destexhe, A. (2003), Tuning Neocortical Pyramidal Neurons between Integrators and Coincidence Detectors, Journal of Computational Neuroscience 14 (3): pp. 239-251, May - June, 2003
- Wilson, H., Blake, R. and Lee, S.H. (2001), Dynamics of travelling waves in visual perception, Nature, vol 412, August 30, page 907-910, 2001.
- Xing, J. and Gerstein, G.L. (1996), Networks With Lateral Connectivity. I. Dynamic Properties Mediated by the Balance of Intrinsic Excitation and Inhibition Journal of Neurophysiology Vol. 75, No. I, p200-216. January 1996.
- Compte A, Brunel N, Goldman-Rakic PS, Wang X (2000), Synaptic mechanisms and network dynamics underlying spatial working memory in a cortical network model. Cereb Cortex 2000 Sep;10(9):910-23
- Shackleton, T.M., McAlpine, D. and Palmer, A.R. (2000), Modelling convergent input onto interaural-delay-sensitive inferior colliculus neurones. Hearing Research 149(1-2):199-215.
- Zhang, Z. and Ballard, D. (submitted), Distributed synchrony.
- van Rullen R. and Thorpe, SJ. (2002) "Surfing a spike wave down the ventral stream". Vision Research, 42, 2593-2615.

Weekly Topics and Tentative Assignment of Presenters

Section I: Single neuron models

1. Week 1, May 20: Chapter 1, Gerstner & Kistler: Introduction; Presenter: Sue Becker
2. Week 2, May 27, Hour 1: Chapter 2, Gerstner & Kistler: Detailed neuron models; Presenter: Sally Duarte
3. Week 2, May 27, Hour 2: Chapter 4, Gerstner & Kistler: Formal spiking models; Presenter: Chris Gilbert
4. Week 3, June 3: Rudolph, M. and Destexhe, A. (2003), Tuning Neocortical Pyramidal Neurons between Integrators and Coincidence Detectors.; Presenter: Vicki Armstrong

Section II: Dynamics of neural populations

5. Week 4, June 10, Hour 1: Chapter 7, Wilson: Computation by excitatory and inhibitory networks; Presenter: Chris Taylor
6. Week 4, June 10, Hour 2: Wilson Chapter 8:Nonlinear Oscillations, and Wilson Blake & Lee (2001); Presenter: Carl Gaspar

7. Week 5, June 25 (note: this is a Wednesday)

Xing, J. and Gerstein, G.L. (1996), Networks With Lateral Connectivity. I. Dynamic Properties Mediated by the Balance of Intrinsic Excitation and Inhibition

Presenter: Melissa Dominguez

Section III: Plasticity

8. Week 6, July 2 (Note: this is a Wednesday): Gerstner Chapter 10: Hebbian models; Presenter: Mayu Nishimura
9. Week 7, July 8: Gerstner Chapter 11: Learning equations; Presenter: Sally Duarte
10. Week 8, July 15, Hour 1: Gerstner Chapter 12: Plasticity and Coding; Presenter: Jennifer Ko
11. Week 8, July 15, Hour 2: Compte, A., Brunel, N., Goldman-Rakic, P.S. and Wang, X. (2000) Synaptic mechanisms and network dynamics underlying spatial working memory in a cortical network model; Presenter: Pat Byrne
12. Week 9, July 22, Hour 1: Shackleton, T.M., McAlpine, D. and Palmer A.R. (2000), Modelling convergent input onto interaural-delay-sensitive inferior colliculus neurones; Presenter: Jessica Phillips-Silver
13. Week 9, July 22, Hour 2: van Rullen R., and Thorpe, SJ. (2002), Surfing a spike wave down the ventral stream.; Presenter: Chris Taylor