Enhanced Synchronization of Neurons with Synaptic Plasticity: Its Origins and Its Role in Learning and Information Transport

这个项目试图揭示与小群神经元同步相关的生物物理学的基本方面，特别是研究突触可塑性在神经回路中的同步和信息传输中的作用。突触可塑性被广泛认为是记忆和学习的基础。该项目的成员将在他们的生物实验室以及使用实验室中看到的神经元的数字和电子模拟来研究这个问题。来自物理和生物学的研究生和博士后研究人员将与主要研究人员一起工作，在他们的培训中，他们将学习生物科学以及生物活动背后的物理过程。

This project seeks to uncover the fundamental aspects of the biophysics associated with synchronization in small groups of neurons, in particular to investigate the role of synaptic plasticity, widely believed to underlie memory and learning, in synchronization and information transport in neural circuits. The members of the project will investigate this question both in their biological laboratory as well as using numerical and electronic simulations of the neurons seen in the lab. Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from Physics and Biology will work alongside the principal researchers and in their training they will learn about the biological sciences as well as the physical processes underlying the biological activity.