Combination of traditional lectures (40 hours) and classroom discussion of the scientific paper presentations selected by each student (10-15 hours). Lab activities - optional (8 hours)
Modeling of the neuro-electronic interface: theoretical models of the solid-liquid interface; polarizable and not polarizable interface; Microtransducers and electrophysiological techniques; Micro Electrode, Silicon Transistors, Organic Transistors. Techniques for electrophysiology and applications: in-vitro and in-vivo electrophysiology, intra-cellular and extracellular measurements, patch clamp; single cell recordings, network electrophysiology. Analysis techniques for neuronal signals: spike and burst detection algorithms; statistical analysis and multiple spike train analysis (ISI, J-ISI, C-ISI, IBI); cross-correlation analysis; functional connectivity Code of information and information transmission: neuronal input-output response; information theory applied to neuronal signals; entropy and mutual information; neuronal avalanches and self-organized criticalities.
SERGIO MARTINOIA (President)
PAOLO MASSOBRIO
ROBERTO RAITERI
NEUROENGINEERING AND NEUROTECHNOLOGIES
The exam is constituted by the study and presentation of a scientific paper and by an additional written and oral examination.
Office: Via All’Opera Pia 11 A Lab: Neuroengineering and Neurotechnologies, Via All’Opera Pia 13 (level -1)
