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Network Analysis in Neocortex during Passive and Active Learning

How does the brain perform the complicated computations that allow us to learn about and interact with the environment? The rapid advances in new optical imaging, the powerful statistical analysis/machine-learning techniques, and the availability of computational resources, provide a unique opportunity to decipher this fundamental question. NeuronsXnets forms an international, multidisciplinary and intersectoral collaboration network involving leading groups in neuroscience, neuromorphic computing, data science, systems, optical tools/imaging, and hospitals. It takes advantage of this unique environment to improve the understanding of neural circuit function and integrate its findings in deep learning architectures and in neuromorphic circuits, aiming to develop a new generation of computing technologies based on the organizing principles of the biological nervous system, optimized for higher levels of cognition.

Societal Challenges

Developing new methods and tools for neural circuit analysis will have broad applicability to understanding neural circuit function in various normal and disease states. For example, the proposed methodology and analysis could be also applied on data obtained from mice with various conditions (neurological disorders), such as epilepsy. Despite decades of cellular research and the discovery of over 100 genes for epilepsy in humans and mouse models, a critical gap in knowledge that needs to be bridged is to understand in detail how this highly correlated state of firing arises at the neuronal circuit level.

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