Seminár z kognitívnej vedy a umelej inteligencie - Peter Gergeľ (28.3.2017)

v utorok 28.3.2017 o 16:30 hod. v miestnosti I/9

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Prednášajúci: Mgr. Peter Gergeľ

Názov: Computational modeling of neuron-astrocyte interactions

Termín: 28.3.2017, 16:30 hod., I/9

Abstrakt:
Research in neuroscience over the past few decades has shed new light on glial cells which were always considered as purely passive supportive cells. New data provides evidence that astrocytes, a group of glial cells, possess important physiological functions that distinguishes them from passive cells. It is now known that astrocytes are actively involved in neuronal communication regulation and synaptic transmission. Similar to neurons, astrocytes form glial syncytium that enables them to communicate with one another over long distances using Ca2+ signals. Since this is a relatively new area of research in neuroscience, computational models (biophysical and connectionist) are still missing. In my talk I briefly introduce glial cells (mostly their physiology), focus on existing connectionist models and also present my preliminary results.

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