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.
Address : Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay (NeuroPSI), 151 route de la Rotonde, 91400 Saclay, France.
Albe-Fessard auditorium, ground floor.
List of speakers
Remy Cagnol* (Prague University)
Pablo Castro* (NeuroSpin, Gif sur Yvette)
Diego Contreras (U Penn, Philadelphia)
Max Chalabi* (NeuroPSI, Saclay)
Fred Chavane (AMU, Marseille)
Alain Destexhe (NeuroPSI, Saclay)
Luc Estebanez (NeuroPSI, Saclay)
Pavel Haman* (Prague University)
Mathis Millet* (ENS Lyon)
Cyril Monier (NeuroPSI, Saclay)
Clément Picard* (NeuroPSI, Saclay)
Feycal Rezaig* (NeuroPSI, Saclay)
Program
Thursday 26 September
9h00: welcome coffee and croissants
9h30: Diego Contreras (U Penn, Philadelphia)
10h: Remy Cagnol* (Prague University)
10h30: coffee break
11h: Feycal Rezaig* (NeuroPSI, Saclay)
11h30: Cyril Monier (NeuroPSI, Saclay)
12h-13h30: lunch break
13h30: Luc Estebanez (NeuroPSI, Saclay)
14h00: Max Chalabi* (NeuroPSI, Saclay)
14h30: coffee break
15h00: Clément Picard* (NeuroPSI, Saclay)
15h30: Pablo Castro* (NeuroSpin, Gif sur Yvette)
16h: general discussion
Friday 27 September
9h00: welcome coffee and croissants
9h30: Alain Destexhe (NeuroPSI, Saclay)
10h00: Pavel Haman* (Prague University)
10h30: coffee break
11h: Mathis Millet* (ENS Lyon)
11h30: Fred Chavane (AMU, Marseille)
12h: general discussion and end of the workshop
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.
