Markov kinetic models were used to synthesize a complete description of synaptic
transmission, including opening of voltage-dependent channels in the presynaptic terminal …

The rapid progress of autonomous driving (AD) has triggered a surge in demand for safer
and more efficient autonomous vehicles, owing to the intricacy of modern urban …

What happens in our brain when we make a decision? What triggers a neuron to send out a
signal? What is the neural code? This textbook for advanced undergraduate and beginning …

Neurons in the brain communicate by short electrical pulses, the so-called action potentials
or spikes. How can we understand the process of spike generation? How can we …

For years, researchers have used the theoretical tools of engineering to understand neural
systems, but much of this work has been conducted in relative isolation. In Neural …

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) or the internal segment of
the globus pallidus (GPi) has recently been recognized as an important form of intervention …

A network of oscillatory bursting neurons with excitatory coupling is hypothesized to define
the primary kernel for respiratory rhythm generation in the pre-Bötzinger complex (pre …

The advent of ever more sophisticated molecular manipulation techniques has made it clear
that cellular systems are far more complex and dynamic than previously thought. At the …

How powerful new methods in nonlinear control engineering can be applied to
neuroscience, from fundamental model formulation to advanced medical applications. Over …

It is generally believed that a neuron is a threshold element that fires when some variable u
reaches a threshold. Here we pursue the question of whether this picture can be justified …