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Neuroscience & Neurotechnology in Freiburg | First Annual Retreat

02.09.2019
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Profile Field Neuroscience & Neurotechnology | 1st Annual Retreat | Friday, October 11, 2019

The Profile Field Neuroscience & Neurotechnology cordially invites you to the 1st Annual Retreat. It provides an opportunity for everyone in the Freiburg Neuroscience & Neurotechnology community to meet and discuss their work in order to increase awareness of ongoing research and approaches/technologies, to generate novel ideas, and to foster new interactions and collaborations. ►

16.08.2019
Publication (Research Spotlight on eNeuro)

Bursts with high and low load of epileptiform spikes show context-dependent correlations in epileptic mice

Epileptic activity in the brain consists of synchronized activity of neurons in a region of the brain that jointly generate spikes of electrical activity. It is an open question whether bursts of a few of such spikes signal an increasing probability of severe events with more spikes – or if they instead reflect neuronal processes that prevents this. A research team from the Bernstein Center Freiburg analyzed these patterns in detail in a mouse model for a specific type of epilepsy. Their work has now been published in eNeuro. ►

22.07.2019
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Disentangling the complex signal flow in layered networks of neocortex

Networks in the brain often have a complex structure, comprising multiple layers or subpopulations of nerve cells. Researchers from Bernstein Center Freiburg are now proposing a novel theoretical framework to disentangle aspects of the complex signal flow within these networks. The work has now been published in PLOS Computational Biology. ►

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