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Workshop on Cortical Horizontal Connectivity and Cortico-Cortical Interactions
at the NeuroPSI Institute, Paris-Saclay University, September 26-27, 2024.

Cerebral cortex activity is determined not only by local connectivity but also by connections between different cortical « columns », via horizontal connections (in the same brain area) or longer range cortico-cortical connections (between distant areas). In this workshop, we aim at mixing experimental and modeling contributions to understand these different connections and role in computations, in different animal species. Experiments show how cortico-cortical connectivity shapes cortical dynamics, and that this occurs at different scales, from propagating wave patterns in visual or somatosensory cortex, up to large-scale interactions over the whole brain. Models show what types of connectivity and mechanisms are needed to understand these phenomena and their possible role in cortical computations.
Finally, the workshop will give a special place to PhD students, who will constitute the majority of speakers.

Registration is free but mandatory. Please email your intention to attend to Alain Destexhe or Diego Contreras

Adress : Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay (NeuroPSI), 151 route de la Rotonde, 91400 Saclay, France.
Albe-Fessard auditorium, ground floor.

The organizing committee:
Co-organized by CNRS, University of Pennsylvania and The European Institute for Theoretical Neuroscience (EITN, https://eitn.cnrs.fr ) ;
funded by the ANR and NSF, CR-CNS program.