Readings

Week1

- A simple introduction to basic neurophysiology (the action potential, and synaptic transmission), neuroanatomy (brain areas) and methods in brain research can be found in most biopsychology textbooks. The followings readings are not assigned, but will help you with background neuroscience terminology:

• Chapters 2-5 in Foundations of Physiological Psychology, N. Carlson, Allyn and Bacon pubs.
• Brain Primer (from the Society for Neuroscience)
• Some neuroscience resources (links to tutorials, atlases...). From Psyc 302.

Week2

- Some interesting papers

• Berry and Meister 1998
• Johnson 1996
• Reinagel and Ried 2002

Week3

• Pare et al 1998: Impact of spontaneous activity
• Holt et al 1996: Discharge variability

Week4

• Reich et al 1997
• Kara et al 2000
• Gur et al. 1997

Week5

• Quiroga et al, 2005
• Ringash et al. 2004

Week6

• Ghose & Freeman, 1992
• Kocsis et al, 2004
• Gray & Prsico, 1994

Week7

• Fellous et. al. 2004
• Ikegaya et. al. 2004

Week8

• Miller 1991

Week9

• Chapin and Nicolelis 1999 (on PCA/ICA)

Week10

• Aersten 1989 (on JPSTH)
• Fries 2001 (on spike-field coherence)

Week11

• Hastopoulos et al, 1998 (on Mutual Information)