Materials

Lecture outlines, notes and other supplementary materials will be uploaded here after each lecture.

Term 1

Systems Basics

Date Subject Lecturer Materials
5 October Measuring activity in neurons Tom Otis slides(19/20) slides(20/21)
6 October Introduction to Theoretical Neuroscience Peter Latham slides(20/21)
9 October -- --
12 October Voltage-Gated Channels Tiago Branco
13 October Dendritic Integration Michael Hausser
16 October Plasticity Troy Margrie

Sensory Systems

Date Subject Lecturer Materials
19 October Principles of sensory systems Tom Mrsic-Flogel
20 October Organisation of Cortical Circuits Tom Mrsic-Flogel
23 October Perception as Signal Processing Maneesh Sahani slides(18/19)
26 October Abstract representation in sensory systems Neil Burgess slides(19/20) slides(20/21)
27 October Perception as Inference Maneesh Sahani slides (20/21)
30 October Influence of behaviour and context on sensory processing Sonja Hofer

Action Systems

Date Subject Lecturer Materials
2 November Motor control Andrew Murray
3 November Pattern Generation Peter Latham notes(19/20)
6 Novembers Computational Control Maneesh Sahani slides(19/20)
9 November Cerebellum Tom Otis slides(19/20)
10 November Basal Ganglia Marcus Stephenson-Jones
13 November Neocortex Maneesh Sahani and Andrew Murray

Social and Affective Systems

Date Subject Lecturer Materials
16 November Block introduction John O'Keefe
17 November Implementation of Innate Circuits Yoh Isogai, Christina Mazuski, Lennart Oettl
20 November Parental/Pup-Directed Behaviours Yoh Isogai
23 November Amygdala John O'Keefe
24 November Defensive Behaviours Tiago Branco
27 November -- --

Cognitive Systems, Decision Making, Learning

Date Subject Lecturer Materials
30 November Decision-Making I - From Sensation to Action Sonja Hofer
1 December Decision-Making II - Evidence Integration Peter Latham
4 December Reinforcement Learning Marcus Stephenson-Jones
7 December TBA TBA
8 December Synaptic plasticity and BCM theory Claudia Clopath
11 December Neural dynamics of working memory and cognitive control Anthena Akrami
14 December Navigation and Reinforcement Learning in the Hippocampus Kim Stachenfeld
15 December Neural correlates of engrams and learning Sonja Hofer
18 December Neuromodulation and state changes Marcus Stephenson-Jones

Term 2