Neuronal ensembles, defined as groups of neurons displaying recurring patterns of
coordinated activity, represent an intermediate functional level between individual neurons …

The brain is organized as a network of highly specialized networks of spiking neurons. To
exploit such a modular architecture for computation, the brain has to be able to regulate the …

Endocannabinoids (eCBs) exert major control over neuronal activity by activating
cannabinoid receptors (CBRs). The functionality of the eCB system is primarily ascribed to …

Neocortical assemblies produce complex activity patterns both in response to sensory
stimuli and spontaneously without sensory input. To investigate the structure of these …

The brain is a highly modular structure. To exploit modularity, it is necessary that spiking
activity can propagate from one module to another while preserving the information it …

Cortical circuits work through the generation of coordinated, large-scale activity patterns. In
sensory systems, the onset of a discrete stimulus usually evokes a temporally organized …

Sequential neural activity patterns are as ubiquitous as the outputs they drive, which include
motor gestures and sequential cognitive processes. Neural sequences are long, compared …

Identifying low-dimensional features that describe large-scale neural recordings is a major
challenge in neuroscience. Repeated temporal patterns (sequences) are thought to be a …

A train of action potentials (a spike train) can carry information in both the average firing rate
and the pattern of spikes in the train. But can such a spike-pattern code be supported by …

Although temporal coding is a frequent topic of neurophysiology research, trial-to-trial
variability in temporal codes is typically dismissed as noise and thought to play no role in …