Gabriel Kreiman: Neurons and Models

Topics: General features of brain-based computations, brain anatomy, structure of neurons, equivalent electrical circuit, synapses, single neuron models at multiple resolutions, integrate-and-fire model, Hodgkin-Huxley model; empirical methods used to study the brain at different spatial and temporal scales, lesion studies, visual illusions; brief overview of the CBMM research thrust on Circuits for Intelligence: face processing (Freiwald), interrogating neural circuits in the human brain (Kreiman), modulation of neural activity with light (Boyden/Desimone), electrode arrays (Boyden), and activity of neural ensembles (Desimone, Poggio, Wilson)