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Morphological Diversity Strongly Constrains Synaptic Connectivity and Plasticity

Henry Markram, Eilif Benjamin Muller, Srikanth Ramaswamy, Michael Reimann, Anna-Lena Horlemann

Synaptic connectivity between neurons is naturally constrained by the anatomical overlap of neuronal arbors, the space on the axon available for synapses, and by physiological mechanisms that form synapses at a subset of potential synapse locations. What i ...

Oxford University Press (OUP)2017

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

Wulfram Gerstner, Tilo Schwalger, Moritz Deger

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 single neurons is unclear. Here we derive an equation for several interacti ...

Public Library of Science2017

Neurogenic Radial Glia-like Cells in Meninges Migrate and Differentiate into Functionally Integrated Neurons in the Neonatal Cortex

Michele Giugliano

Whether new neurons are added in the postnatal cerebral cortex is still debated. Here, we report that the meninges of perinatal mice contain a population of neurogenic progenitors formed during embryonic development that migrate to the caudal cortex and di ...

Cell Press2017

Learning Recruits Neurons Representing Previously Established Associations in the Corvid Endbrain

Galyna Pidpruzhnykova

Crows quickly learn arbitrary associations. As a neuronal correlate of this behavior, single neurons in the corvid endbrain area nidopallium caudolaterale (NCL) change their response properties during association learning. In crows performing a delayed ass ...

Mit Press2017

Interactions between the corticospinal tract and premotor-motor pathways in stroke recovery

Friedhelm Christoph Hummel

Background and Purpose-Brain imaging has continuously enhanced our understanding how different brain networks contribute to motor recovery after stroke. However, the present models are still incomplete and do not fit for every patient. The interaction betw ...

American Heart Association2017

A Computational Framework for the Design of Spinal Neuroprostheses

Silvestro Micera, Grégoire Courtine, Jocelyne Bloch, Marco Capogrosso

Severe Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) alters the communication between supra-spinal centers and the sensorimotor networks coordinating limb movements, which are usually located below the injury. Epidural electrical stimulation of lumbar segments has shown the ab ...

Springer International Publishing Ag2017

WDR79/TCAB1 plays a conserved role in the control of locomotion and ameliorates phenotypic defects in SMA models

Brian Donal McCabe

SMN (Survival Motor Neuron) deficiency is the predominant cause of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a severe neurodegenerative disorder that can lead to progressive paralysis and death. Although SMN is required in every cell for proper RNA metabolism, the re ...

Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science2017

The Quest for a Bionic Hand

Silvestro Micera

Replacing a missing upper limb with a functional one is an ancient need and desire. The need for a versatile prosthetic limb with intuitive motor control and realistic sensory feedback is huge and its development is absolutely necessary for the near future ...

Springer International Publishing Ag2017

Brain-Controlled Neuroprosthetic Therapies And Mechanisms Of Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury

Galyna Pidpruzhnykova

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is the second leading cause of paralysis, which induces abrupt impairments with devastating consequences for the quality of life of patients. Despite significant progress in SCI treatment through neurorehabilitation training and sp ...

EPFL2017

Selective electrical and optical neuromodulation of the central nervous system with conformable microfabricated implants

Amélie Anne Guex

Neuroprosthetic systems are designed to interface with the nervous system, for the replacement or restoration of damaged functions in the motor and/or sensory systems. In order to have an efficient communication with the nervous tissue leading to optimized ...

EPFL2017

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