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It's true that spikes are mostly discrete events, but the variables that determinate whether or not spiking occurs are analog (such as ion concentration, membrane potential etc etc)

Actually I wouldn't even say the brain is a classical computer. Brain operates analogically, classical models of computation operate in a discrete fashion.

Hi all, i plan to do a ph.d in neuroscience (i am working with functional connectivity in fmri data right now) and I've found some cool places in China, mainly institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and neural engineering research in the Tsinghua university. My question is, does...

A good background in signal processing and neuroscience would help. I think that the best overall option is to go for neural engineering. Check out the ph.d programs in Johns Hopkins, UCLA and Drexel. Also you might want to check out the Ed Boyden's lab website (MIT medialab)

Yeah, i know computational neuroscientists don't involve themselves too much into neuroimaging issues. But I consider a possible change in my research subject for a ph.d, since I'm already into neuroscience and have some analytical and programming skills, computational neurosciences seems to be...

well, now I'm working with a close sporns collaborator. Trying to find out the relationship between functional and anatomical connectivity based on fmri and dti data seems to be a great deal fun to me. The thing is - and i haven't said that - i need to search other options because I plan to...

Hi all, i'm finishing my master studies this year (physics) and I'm planning to go into grad school next year. Does anybody know which US universities have strong programs & research in computational neuroscience and neuroinformatics? my current theme of research is brain funcional connectivity...