Educational Course - Overview of brain connectivity

Speaker : Barry Horwitz

Educational Course Session 1: Dynamical systems theory

Introduction to dynamical systems theory I

Speaker : Viktor Jirsa

Introduction to dynamical systems theory II

Speaker : Andreas Daffertshofer

Educational Course Session 2: Graph theory

Introduction to graph theory I

Speaker : Olaf Sporns

Introduction to graph theory II

Speaker : Ed Bullmore

Educational Course Session 3: Neural modeling

General anatomical and physiological brain features and local and global neocortical dynamic theories

Speaker : Paul Nunez

Integrative modeling using neural field theory

Speaker : Peter Robinson

Session1: Modeling hierarchic connectivity

Chair: Jorge J. Riera

Session Introduction

Speaker : Lee M. Harrison

The blue brain project

Speaker : Henry Markram

Model-driven EEG-fMRI Fusion of Brain Oscillations

Speaker : Pedro Valdes Sosa

Optimization of cortical hierarchies with continuous scales and ranges Connecting mean field

Speaker : Rolf Kötter

Computer model of human brain

Speaker : Eugene Izhikevich

Session 2: Changing connectivity: plasticity, learning, degeneration

Chair: Arno Villringer

Session Introduction

Speaker : Klaas Enno Stephan

Learning, oscillations and connectivity

Speaker : Jan Born

Plasticity in perceptual learning

Speaker : Hubert Dinse

Altered connectivity in degenerative diseases

Speaker : Michael D. Greicius

Connectivity changes during perceptual learning

Speaker : Marta I. Garrido

Session 3: Connectivity by oscillations

Chair : Gabriel Curio

Session Introduction

Speaker : Fernando Lopes da Silva

Interaction between neocortical and hippocampal networks by slow oscillations

Speaker : György Buzsaki

Neurofeedback and connectivity

Speaker : John Gruzelier

Dynamic geometry, brain function modeling and consciousness

Speaker : Rodolfo Llinas

Bistability and nondiffusivity in brain rhythms

Speaker : Michael Breakspear

Session 4: Role of context and noise for connectivity

Chair: Alard Roebroeck

Session Introduction

Speaker : Karl J. Friston

How does history influence our perception?

Speaker : Árni Kristjánsson

Stochastic resonance in neuronal processing

Speaker : Derek Abbott

Brain signal variability and development

Speaker : Randy McIntosh

Stochastic dynamics as a principle of brain function

Speaker : Gustavo Deco