Biophysics and Nonlinear Dynamics Underlying Synchronization of Chaotic Neurons

这个项目的目标是揭示与小群神经元同步相关的生物物理学的基本方面。这个问题将在生物实验室中解决，并使用实验室中看到的神经元的数值和电子模拟。这项研究将增加对生物神经系统如何处理来自环境的信息并以一致的方式将其传递给决策中心的理解。虽然这项研究是在无脊椎动物的小神经系统中进行的，但它将直接关系到更复杂的系统如何组织起来，产生有趣的功能行为。在项目过程中，来自物理和生物学的研究生和博士后研究人员将并肩工作，学习生物科学以及生物活动背后的物理过程。

This goal of this project is to uncover the fundamental aspects of the biophysics associated with synchronization in small groups of neurons. The question will be addressed both in the biological laboratory as well as using numerical and electronic simulations of the neurons seen in the lab. The research will add to the understanding of how biological nervous systems can process information from the environment and pass it on in a coherent way to decision making centers. The work, while in small nervous systems of invertebrates, will directly bear on how more complex systems can organize to produce interesting functional behaviors. During the course of the project, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from Physics and Biology will work side-by-side and will learn about the biological sciences as well as the physical processes underlying the biological activity.