Within the field of computational neuroscience there are great expectations of finding new
ways to rebalance the complex dynamic system of the human brain through controlled …

The state of the brain and body constantly varies on rapid and slow timescales. These
variations contribute to the apparent noisiness of sensory responses at both the neural and …

The role of astrocytes in neuronal function has received increasing recognition, but
disagreement remains about their function at the circuit level. Here we use in vivo two …

Non-invasive transcranial brain stimulation (NTBS) techniques such as transcranial
magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial current stimulation (TCS) are important tools in …

A fundamental problem in systems neuroscience is how to force a transition from one brain
state to another by external driven stimulation in, for example, wakefulness, sleep, coma, or …

We take for granted the ability to fall asleep or to snap out of sleep into wakefulness, but
these changes in behavioral state require specific switching mechanisms in the brain that …

Switches between different behavioral states of the animal are associated with prominent
changes in global brain activity, between sleep and wakefulness or from inattentive to …

Sleep exerts many effects on mammalian forebrain networks, including homeostatic effects
on both synaptic strengths and firing rates. We used large-scale recordings to examine the …

The hippocampus plays a key role in the acquisition of new memories for places and events.
Evidence suggests that the consolidation of these memories is enhanced during sleep. At …

The huge number of neurons in the human brain are connected to form functionally
specialized assemblies. The brain's amazing processing capabilities rest on local …