Does the brain behave like a (complex) network? I. Dynamics

D Papo, JM Buldú - Physics of life reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Graph theory is now becoming a standard tool in system-level neuroscience. However,
endowing observed brain anatomy and dynamics with a complex network structure does not …

The geometry of information coding in correlated neural populations

R Azeredo da Silveira, F Rieke - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Neurons in the brain represent information in their collective activity. The fidelity of this
neural population code depends on whether and how variability in the response of one …

Towards a theory of cortical columns: From spiking neurons to interacting neural populations of finite size

T Schwalger, M Deger, W Gerstner - PLoS computational biology, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Neural population equations such as neural mass or field models are widely used to study
brain activity on a large scale. However, the relation of these models to the properties of …

Dimensionality in recurrent spiking networks: Global trends in activity and local origins in connectivity

S Recanatesi, GK Ocker, MA Buice… - PLoS computational …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The dimensionality of a network's collective activity is of increasing interest in neuroscience.
This is because dimensionality provides a compact measure of how coordinated network …

Formation and computational implications of assemblies in neural circuits

C Miehl, S Onasch, D Festa… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In the brain, patterns of neural activity represent sensory information and store it in non‐
random synaptic connectivity. A prominent theoretical hypothesis states that assemblies …

Predicting sex, age, general cognition and mental health with machine learning on brain structural connectomes

HW Yeung, A Stolicyn, CR Buchanan… - Human Brain …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There is an increasing expectation that advanced, computationally expensive machine
learning (ML) techniques, when applied to large population‐wide neuroimaging datasets …

Republished: Dynamics of stochastic integrate-and-fire networks

GK Ocker - Physical Review X, 2023 - APS
The neural dynamics generating sensory, motor, and cognitive functions are commonly
understood through field theories for neural population activity. Classic neural field theories …

Before and beyond the Wilson–Cowan equations

CC Chow, Y Karimipanah - Journal of neurophysiology, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
The Wilson–Cowan equations represent a landmark in the history of computational
neuroscience. Along with the insights Wilson and Cowan offered for neuroscience, they …

From the statistics of connectivity to the statistics of spike times in neuronal networks

GK Ocker, Y Hu, MA Buice, B Doiron, K Josić… - Current opinion in …, 2017 - Elsevier
An essential step toward understanding neural circuits is linking their structure and their
dynamics. In general, this relationship can be almost arbitrarily complex. Recent theoretical …

Inferring and validating mechanistic models of neural microcircuits based on spike-train data

J Ladenbauer, S McKenzie, DF English… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The interpretation of neuronal spike train recordings often relies on abstract statistical
models that allow for principled parameter estimation and model selection but provide only …