In vitro neuronal models have become an important tool to study healthy and diseased
neuronal circuits. The growing interest of neuroscientists to explore the dynamics of …

During the last decades, neuroscientists have increasingly exploited a variety of artificial, de-
novo synthesized materials with controlled nano-sized features. For instance, a renewed …

Investigation of neural circuit dynamics is crucial for deciphering the functional connections
among regions of the brain and understanding the mechanism of brain dysfunction. Despite …

Axons are traditionally considered stable transmission cables, but evidence of the regulation
of action potential propagation demonstrates that axons may have more important roles …

The synaptic transmission in the mammalian brain is not limited to the interplay between the
pre-and the postsynapse of neurons, but involves also astrocytes as well as extracellular …

Optogenetic techniques enable precise excitation and inhibition of firing in specified
neuronal populations and artifact-free recording of firing activity. Several studies have …

Activity-dependent self-organization plays an important role in the formation of specific and
stereotyped connectivity patterns in neural circuits. By combining neuronal cultures, and …

Bursts of action potentials within neurons and throughout networks are believed to serve
roles in how neurons handle and store information, both in vivo and in vitro. Accurate …

The analysis of neural systems leverages tools from many different fields. Drawing on
techniques from the study of critical phenomena in statistical mechanics, several studies …

High-level information processing in the mammalian cortex requires both segregated
processing in specialized circuits and integration across multiple circuits. One possible way …