Computational Neuroscience, NSCI 491, Fall 2007
http://www.tulane.edu/~howard/CompNSCI/
Day and time: F 2-3, sometimes M 2-3
Newcomb Hall 442
Professor Harry Howard
http://www.tulane.edu/~howard/
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Newcomb Hall 322D
862-3417
Office hours: TR 12:30-1:30, W 11-12 & by appointment
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Violations of the Academic Honor Code will not be tolerated in this class.
I will rigorously investigate and pursue any such transgression.
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- Bring
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Fall 2007 Schedule
Day 1 (Sept 10): Introduction
Day 2 (Sept 17): Conductances and the Hodgkin-Huxley model ![](../PIX/ppt.gif)
- intro material for GENESYS or NEURON simulators
- Howard (2004:84-99) in pdf
Day 3 (Sept 24): more on the Hodgkin-Huxley model, simplifications
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- Howard (2004:99-113) in pdf
Day 4 (Oct 5): Sensory cortex and Hebbian learning, 1
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Integration of signals, Howard (2004:113-141) in pdf
Day 5 (Oct 8): Sensory cortex and Hebbian learning, 2 ![](../PIX/ppt.gif)
Day 6 (Oct 12): Sensory cortex and Hebbian learning, 3 ![](../PIX/ppt.gif)
Day 7 (Oct 15): Sensory cortex and Hebbian learning, 4 ![](../PIX/ppt.gif)
Day - (Oct 22): The hippocampus
Day 8 (Oct 29): Motor cortex, the basal ganglia, and reinforcement
learning, 1
Day 9 (Nov 5): Motor cortex, the basal ganglia, and reinforcement
learning, 2
Day 10 (Nov 12): Motor cortex, the cerebellum, and error correction,
1
Day 11 (Nov 19): Motor cortex, the cerebellum, and error correction,
2
Day 12 (Nov 26): Misc
Day 13 (Dec 3): Misc
Inception: Oct. 9, 2007. Last revision:
October 22, 2007
. HH