CODE 80567 ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 1 BIOINGEGNERIA 8725 (LM-21) - SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR ING-INF/06 LANGUAGE Italiano TEACHING LOCATION SEMESTER 2° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB AIMS AND CONTENT TEACHING METHODS 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) SYLLABUS/CONTENT 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. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD SERGIO MARTINOIA Exam Board SERGIO MARTINOIA (President) PAOLO MASSOBRIO ROBERTO RAITERI LESSONS Class schedule NEUROENGINEERING AND NEUROTECHNOLOGIES EXAMS ASSESSMENT METHODS The exam is constituted by the study and presentation of a scientific paper and by an additional written and oral examination. FURTHER INFORMATION Office: Via All’Opera Pia 11 A Lab: Neuroengineering and Neurotechnologies, Via All’Opera Pia 13 (level -1)
