NEURONAL CODING OF SENSORY INFORMATION
NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS:
(updated 24/03/24) Abstracts for research proposal due by email before 26th (absolutely hard deadline for feedback). If you do not get feedback by 1st April, you can assume your intended proposal is fine. Final proposal due by 15th April. HARD COPY OF PROPOSAL TO BE DEPOSITED IN MY LOCKER IN ECE by 15th APRIL. (updated 22/03/24) As announced in class "Precompensatory" classes: Saturday, 23/03, 10:30 AM No class during the week (27/03 and 28/03). All of the remaining reading material shared via Google Drive (link has been sent by email) (updated 07/03/24) "Precompensatory" class: Saturday, 09/03, 11:30 AM Reading material: (Olfaction Lectures) For olfactory system lecture - Most important is class discussions. Read O1, O2 and O3, and relevant sections of B-1. Research proposal Abstract due 26th March 5 PM. Instructions for writing your abstract: Less than 1 page; the abstract should clearly state one (max 2) question to be answered in the proposed work, why it is important, to what extent do we already know about the same, hypothesis to be tested, alternatives and general methodologies to be adopted. (updated 09/02/24) Reading material: (Auditory Lectures) As before for the remaining lectures on the Auditory System: B-1 and A-1 and A-2 A2: For general overview. A1: Chapters on the Cochlear Nucleus, Sound localization and Midbrain sections Reading material: (Visual System Lectures) (Please see BOOKS section for reference books). Most important is class discussions. Detailed reading can be done from the following for different aspects (some topics below will be covered before MidSems) - V1: Relevant chapters (we will cover the visual pathway - Retina to V1 in detail: graded potential synapse, sign preserving and reversing synapse, depolarizing-hyperpolarizing center surround, on-off responses, depth perception, orientation selectivity, simple, complex, hypercomplex cells, ocular dominance, columnar organization, hypercolumns). For general overview see relevant chapters of B1. (updated 27/01/24) Reading material: (Auditory Lectures) Most important is class discussions. Detailed reading can be done from the following for different aspects - For the lectures on the Auditory System: B-1 and A-1 and A-2 A2: For general overview. A1: Chapters on haircells, auditory nerve Anatomy of Inner Ear (can see here) https://www.kenhub.com/en/library/anatomy/auditory-pathway (updated 16/01/24) No class on 17 & 18. One class compensated on 16/1 6:30 PM in F300. Introductory and Background Lectures - Reading Material: So far the background topics that have been introduced can be found in the following books - General neuron physiology, Ion channels, Spiking - HH equations, synapses and other introductory materials: B-1, B-2, CN-1. Specifically: CN-1 Section 1.1 (Introduction), Section 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.5 (Towards electrical models of neuron), 5.6 (Hodgkin Huxley Eqns), 8.1-8.2 (Synaptic Plasticity) B1: Chapter 2 (Intro, Action potential), Chapter 5 and parts of Chapter 6 and 7 (Ion Channels and Membrane potential and Voltage gating - more details in B-2 if interested), Chapter 8 (Synaptic transmission - more details in Chapter 10-13). Details of Action potential and Hodgkin Huxley Model (if interested): HHModel (and even further details if you really want to understand fully, please talk to me about CN-1 - CN-4 and RM-3 or take the course). Please familiarize yourself with MATLAB - please see RESOURCES section (updated 04/01/24) Class timings decided on 03/01: Wed and Thu 6:30-8:00 PM, F300, E&ECE. (updated 11/12/23) Organizational meeting to be held on 03/01/24, Wednesday at 6:30 pm in F300 E&ECE. |
COURSE INFORMATION:
Spring 2023-24 (EC60004, NCSI)
Course Outline/Syllabus
NCSI is based on the following course. The referred course is based on only the visual system. NCSI would be more general and based on other sensory systems as well.
TAs of the course: Ann Soniya, electronic mail: annsoniya at jee male dot com and Ritwika, electronic mail: ritwikapurkait at jee male dot com _________________________________________________________________________ CLASS TIMINGS & ROOM:
Timing: Wednesdays and Thursdays 6:30-8:00 pm Room: F300, E&ECE _________________________________________________________________________ Grading
Credit: L-T-P, 3-0-0 Weightages: MidSems 30% EndSems 30% Projects 40% [Project: 20%; Project Proposal Writing: 20%] All Class Tests and Assignments will count as Extra Credit, as required. Examination Pattern: Open Book, Notes; DO NOT WORRY ABOUT GRADES - TRY TO HAVE FUN LEARNING ________________________________________________________________________________
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RESOURCES:
Very important that you familiarize yourself with MATLAB; projects in the course will be MATLAB based: Getting started with
MATLAB: here and here
Auditory nerve model:
Available at Laurel Carney's website. Please download the model of Zilany et al in the website under the corresponding reference: Zilany, M. S. A., Bruce, I. C., Nelson, P.C., and Carney, L.H. (2009), A phenomenological model of the synapse between the inner hair cell and auditory nerve: Long-term adaptation with power-law dynamics. (JASA 126:2390-2412).
Please familiarize yourself with using the model preferably in MATLAB. Use it without the power law dynamics as we will be using short stimuli.
RESOURCES:
Very important that you familiarize yourself with MATLAB; projects in the course will be MATLAB based: Getting started with
MATLAB: here and here
Auditory nerve model:
Available at Laurel Carney's website. Please download the model of Zilany et al in the website under the corresponding reference: Zilany, M. S. A., Bruce, I. C., Nelson, P.C., and Carney, L.H. (2009), A phenomenological model of the synapse between the inner hair cell and auditory nerve: Long-term adaptation with power-law dynamics. (JASA 126:2390-2412).
Please familiarize yourself with using the model preferably in MATLAB. Use it without the power law dynamics as we will be using short stimuli.
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BOOKS
Principles of Neural Science, (B-1)
Ionic Channels of Excitable Membranes, (B-2)
Cognitive Neurosciences, (B-3)
Auditory:
An Introduction to the Physiology of Hearing, (A-1)
Auditory Pathways: Anatomy and Physiology, (A-2)
Auditory Scene Analysis, (A-3)
Vision:
Vision and the Visual System, (V-1)
Olfaction:
Early Events in Olfactory Processing (Annual Reviews of Neuroscience, 2006) (O-1)
Coding and Transformations in the Olfactory System (Annual Reviews of Neuroscience, 2014) (O-2)
for a different 'flavor' of olfaction: Early Olfactory Processing in Drosophila: Mechanisms and Principles (Annual Reviews of Neuroscience, 2013) (O-3)
Neuronal Modeling/Computational Neuroscience:
Theoretical Neuroscience, (CN-1)
Biophysics of Computation, (CN-2)
Methods in Neuronal Modeling, (CN-3)
Neuronal Dynamics, (CN-4)
Information Processing:
Spikes, (IP-1) and also CN-1 & CN-4
Maths:
Signals and Systems (RM-1)
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos, (RM-3)
Elements of Information Theory, (RM-2)
BOOKS
Principles of Neural Science, (B-1)
Ionic Channels of Excitable Membranes, (B-2)
Cognitive Neurosciences, (B-3)
Auditory:
An Introduction to the Physiology of Hearing, (A-1)
Auditory Pathways: Anatomy and Physiology, (A-2)
Auditory Scene Analysis, (A-3)
Vision:
Vision and the Visual System, (V-1)
Olfaction:
Early Events in Olfactory Processing (Annual Reviews of Neuroscience, 2006) (O-1)
Coding and Transformations in the Olfactory System (Annual Reviews of Neuroscience, 2014) (O-2)
for a different 'flavor' of olfaction: Early Olfactory Processing in Drosophila: Mechanisms and Principles (Annual Reviews of Neuroscience, 2013) (O-3)
Neuronal Modeling/Computational Neuroscience:
Theoretical Neuroscience, (CN-1)
Biophysics of Computation, (CN-2)
Methods in Neuronal Modeling, (CN-3)
Neuronal Dynamics, (CN-4)
Information Processing:
Spikes, (IP-1) and also CN-1 & CN-4
Maths:
Signals and Systems (RM-1)
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos, (RM-3)
Elements of Information Theory, (RM-2)