Organized by
Glen Brown , Salk Institute
Email: glen@salk.edu
Kechen Zhang , Salk Institute
Email: zhang@salk.edu
Multiple-single-neuron recordings are central to experimental strategies for understanding population coding. Multi-unit recording technology now allows us to test hypotheses about the representation of information in the brain, and provides a fertile ground for posing new theoretical questions. The goal of this workshop will be to present data from multiple-unit recordings in several types of nervous systems. We will discuss the recording, analysis, and interpretation of population data, including spike sorting and detection of structure in multi-unit records. We will also discuss how the interpretation of population data has contributed to our understanding of the nervous system. Finally, we hope to determine how new theoretical ideas can best be tested in multi-unit experiments.
7:30-8:00: Michael Lewicki (Salk Institute and Carnegie-Mellon University):
lewicki@salk.edu 8:00-8:20: Glen Brown (Salk Institute):
glen@salk.edu 8:20-8:40: Maneesh Sahani (Caltech):
maneesh@vis.caltech.edu 8:40-9:00: Stefano Panzeri (Oxford University):
stefano.panzeri@psy.ox.ac.uk 9:00-9:10: Break
9:10-9:40: Steve Potter (Caltech):
spotter@gg.caltech.edu 9:40-10:10: Guenter Gross (University of North Texas):
gross@nervous.cnns.unt.edu 10:10-10:30: Discussion
Afternoon session: 4:00-7:00
4:00-4:30: Miguel Nicolelis (Duke University):
nicoleli@neuro.duke.edu 4:30-4:50: Kechen Zhang (Salk Institute):
zhang@salk.edu 4:50-5:10: Zoltan Nadasdy (Rutgers University):
zoli@osiris.rutgers.edu 5:10-5:40: Bill Skaggs (Pittsburgh University):
bill@darwin.bns.pitt.edu 5:40-5:50: Break
5:50-6:20: John Welsh (New York University):
jpw4@is6.nyu.edu 6:20-6:50: John Donoghue (Brown University):
John_Donoghue@brown.edu 6:50-7:00: Discussion