Materials
Lecture outlines, notes and other supplementary materials will be uploaded here after each lecture. For recordings of the lecture and missing material please refer to our outlook group.Term 1
Systems Basics
| Date | Subject | Lecturer | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01-10-18 | Module Introduction | Tiago Branco, Peter Latham, Troy Margrie | |
| 02-10-18 | From Channels to Circuits | Peter Latham | overview and keywords |
| 05-10-18 | Voltage-Gated Channels | Tiago Branco | slides |
| 08-10-18 | Dendritic Integration | Tiago Branco | slides |
| 09-10-18 | Plasticity | Troy Margrie | slides |
| 12-10-18 | Q&A | Tiago Branco, Peter Latham, Troy Margrie |
Sensory Systems
| Date | Subject | Lecturer | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15-10-18 | Sensory Systems Basics | Sonja Hofer, Tom Mrsic-Flogel | slides |
| 16-10-18 | Perception as Signal Processing | Maneesh Sahani | slides |
| 19-10-18 | Perception as Inference | Maneesh Sahani | slides |
| 22-10-18 | Organisation of Cortical Circuits | Tom Mrsic-Flogel | slides |
| 23-10-18 | Abstract representation in sensory systems | Neil Burgess | slides |
| 26-10-18 | Influence of behaviour and context on sensory processing | Sonja Hofer | slides |
Social and Affective Systems
| Date | Subject | Lecturer | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29-10-18 | Module Introduction | John O'Keefe, Yoh Isogai |
slides slides |
| 30-10-18 | Implementation of Innate Circuits | Yoh Isogai, Christina Mazuski, Lennart Oettl |
slides slides |
| 02-11-18 | Parental/Pup-Directed Behaviours | Yoh Isogai | slides |
| 05-11-18 | The Amygdala | John O'Keefe |
slides |
| 06-11-18 | Defensive Behaviours | Tiago Branco | |
| 09-11-18 | Human Emotion | Quentin Huys | slides |
Action Systems
| Date | Subject | Lecturer | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12-11-18 | Module Introduction | Andrew Murray | slides |
| 13-11-18 | Pattern Generation | Peter Latham |
notes refs |
| 16-11-18 | Computational Control | Maneesh Sahani | |
| 19-11-18 | Cerebellum | Tom Otis | slides |
| 20-11-18 | Basal Ganglia | Marcus Stephenson-Jones | slides |
| 23-11-18 | Neocortex | Andrew Murray, Maneesh Sahani |
Cognitive Systems, Decision Making, Learning
| Date | Subject | Lecturer | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26-11-18 | DM I From Sensation to Action | Sonja Hofer | |
| 27-11-18 | DM II Evidence Integration | Peter Latham | |
| 30-11-18 | no lecture | ||
| 03-12-18 | Reinforcement Learning | Quentin Huys | slides |
| 04-12-18 | DM III Learning to Act | Marcus Stephenson-Jones | |
| 08-12-18 | Synaptic Plasticity and BCM | Claudia Clopath | |
| 10-12-18 | Neuromodulation and State Changes | Marcus Stephenson-Jones | |
| 10-12-18 | Neurla Correlates of Engrams and Learning | Sonja Hofer | |
| 11-12-18 | Neural Correlates of Working Memory ans Cognitive Control | Anthena Akrami | |
| 14-12-18 | Intelligence and Adaptive Behaviour | Adam Kampff |
Term 2
| Date | Subject | Lecturer | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15-01-19 | Biophysics I | Peter Latham | |
| 18-01-19 | Biophysics II | Peter Latham | |
| 22-01-19 | NO CLASS | ||
| 25-01-19 | NO CLASS | ||
| 29-01-19 | Biophysics III | Peter Latham | |
| 01-02-19 | Biophysics IV | Peter Latham | |
| 05-02-19 | Point Processes | Maneesh Sahani | slides |
| 08-02-19 | Point Processes | Maneesh Sahani | |
| 12-02-19 | Reinforcement Learning | Quentin Huys | |
| 15-02-19 | Information Theory | Maneesh Sahani | slides |
| 19-02-19 | Information Theory | Maneesh Sahani | |
| 22-02-19 | Encoding Models | Maneesh Sahani | slides |
| 26-02-19 | Encoding Models | Maneesh Sahani | |
| 01-03-19 | NO CLASS | ||
| 08-03-19 | Population Coding | Maneesh Sahani | slides |
| 12-03-19 | Population Coding | Maneesh Sahani | |
| 15-03-19 | Structured Networks I | Peter Latham | |
| 19-03-19 | Structured Networks II | Peter Latham | |
| 22-03-19 | Balanced Networks I | Peter Latham | |
| 26-03-19 | Balanced Networks II | Peter Latham | |
| 29-03-19 | Balanced Networks III | Peter Latham |
Extra resources
Please feedback to the TAs which resources you found helpful, so this list can improve over time...Population coding
Recommended papers:
- Implications of Neuronal Diversity on Population Coding
- A computational analysis of the Relationship between Neuronal and Behavioral Responses to Visual Motion
- The Effect of Noise Correlations in Populations of Diversely Tuned Neurons
- Robust information propagation through noisy neural circuits
- Neuronal Tuning: To Sharpen or Broaden?
- Information-limiting correlations
Legacy lecture slides
- Population coding slides (contain some of the derivations Peter went through in lecture)
- Correlations slides (might be useful for Gatsby assignment)
Biophysics
Student notes
- Jorge's (pretty comprehensive) TN notes
- Kirsty's (less comprehensive, higher level) biophysics notes
Online resources
- Lecture notes from Mark van Rossum
- Neuronal Dynamics online textbook
- Neuronal Dynamics video lectures
- Also see Extra resources page for legacy notes/slides from Peter L.
Textbooks
Math notes from Peter L
(see lecture list above)Important papers
- Intrinsic dynamics in neuronal networks. Analyses Wilson-Cowan dynamics in different regimes, including lots of nullclines.
Systems
- Foundational Neuroscience questions and answers. These look like well-written answers to systems-ey questions - at least 50% of them seem relevant to our TN course, similar to questions in the systems section of the short-question exam. Let us know if you find them useful.