Exploring stochasticity in the spatio-temporal patterns of coordinated brain activity

在行为相关的时间尺度上发展新的方法和理论框架来理解大脑功能是神经科学研究中最具挑战性的前沿之一。这些问题的复杂性需要一个多学科的方法。我们已经建立了一系列研究来研究大脑活动的模式，从大脑网络中细胞活动的同步来看，以及这些模式如何与特定的认知功能和大脑病理联系起来。我们的研究是基于这样一个概念，即大脑功能是由不同大脑区域的神经网络的短暂协调活动产生的。我们的长期目标是了解大脑节律在信息处理中的功能作用，我们的短期目标是研究我们用各种方法在人类和动物中记录的大脑模式的变异性和复杂性。

The development of new methods and theoretical frameworks to understand brain function at behaviourally relevant time scales is one of the most challenging frontiers in neuroscience research. The complexity of these problems needs a multidisciplinary approach. We have established a line of research to study patterns of brain activity, in terms of synchronization of the cellular activities within brain networks, and how these patterns relate to specific cognitive functions and to brain pathologies. Our line of research is based on the notion that brain function results from the transient coordinated activity of neuronal networks in diverse brain regions. Our long-term goal is to understand the functional role of brain rhythms in information processing, and our short-term goals aim at the investigation of the variability and complexity of the brain patterns that we record with various methods in humans and animals.