Dynamics in Neuronal Microcircuits: A Cellular Level Journey in the Neocortical Microcircuit Connectivity

Jean-Vincent Le B�

ISBN 10: 3838376323 / ISBN 13: 9783838376325

Editore: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing 2010-08-09, 2010

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• Titolo: Dynamics in Neuronal Microcircuits: A Cellular Level Journey in the Neocortical Microcircuit Connectivity
• Editore: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing 2010-08-09
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3838376323
• ISBN 13: 9783838376325
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

The neocortex is the most computationally advanced portion of the brain. It is currently assumed to be composed of a large number of "cortical columns" ? intricate arrangements of cortical neurons approximately 300-500µm in diameter and 2-5 mm in height in humans ? that might serve as the elementary computational unit of the neocortex. Understanding the computation performed by this microcircuit is one of the keys to our comprehension of the brain. The so-called cortical column is not a static entity as it evolves throughout a lifetime and continually adapts to the information from its cortical environment. Despite the differences between cortical columns across the cortex, a number of common features have been identified such as a laminar structure, the dynamics of connections between identified neurons or the mechanisms for these connections to be modified. This book presents the description of the differential connectivity and synaptic dynamics across two cell populations and the long term neuronal rewiring in a particular neuronal population within the cortical column. These results were obtained during a PhD work done at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne.

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Master in Physics and PhD in Neurosciences from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne. Currently Process Engineer at Valtronic Technologies, Switzerland, he is working on the development and industrialization of electronic implants that stimulates or record from different areas of the nervous system.