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SUMMARY:Spontaneous neural activity in the developing nervous system. - Dr
 . Stephen Eglen (DAMTP)
DTSTART:20081023T132500Z
DTEND:20081023T135000Z
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CONTACT:Duncan Simpson
DESCRIPTION:Spontaneous neural activity is observed in many developing neu
 ral networks. Multi-electrode arrays allow us to observe this spontaneous 
 activity within a connected network of neurons. In the first part of my\nt
 alk\, I will present analysis of the spontaneous activity in two different
  systems\, namely the retina and hippocampal cultures\, in particular how 
 the activity changes during development. In the second\npart\, I will show
  recent modelling work that considers the roles that spontaneous activity 
 may have upon development of neural connectivity.
LOCATION:Kaetsu Centre\, New Hall
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