Neuroplasticity
Neuroplasticity and the related issue of synaptic plasticity are among the most important problems in theoretical neuroscience today. Even though the brain consists of other types of cells, notably microglia, astrocytes or oligodendrocytes, and its vasculature, its glymphatic system, and the brain-blood barrier are of critical importance, it is a reasonable assumption that models of neuroplasticity will provide critical insight into memory and learning…
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Medical Applications: Enhanced memory for detail in autism
Much research on autism focuses only on deficits in social cognition. But another common hallmark of autism-spectrum disorders is an enhanced memory for details, such as types of objects and their location, words from different languages, types of cars etc. (‘item’ memory). Current models of memory which are based on use-dependent synaptic plasticity and associative learning are not sufficient to explain this phenomenon…
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Cancer Biology: Bioinformatics
Our theoretical work on cancer biology is centered on the OMICS approach, i.e. the exploitation of large databases for the purpose of extracting specific information…
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Press Release: Ensemble Models of Memory
Here is a write-up for the general public of some of our work on neural plasticity and memory in ensembles of neurons. Please have a look, and respond with questions and support. We will continue with our scientific work, and attempt to finance part of it from a commercial spin-off. Any help is greatly appreciated. Read more..
