Readings in Neuroscience

Classic Neuroscience

• Mountcastle, V. B. (1997). Perceptual Neuroscience: The Cerebral Cortex. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press).

Temporal Oscillations and Long-Range Synaptic Connections

• Engel, A.K., Fries, P., & Singer, W. (2001). Regulating cortical oscillations in an inhibition-stabilized network. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 2, 704-716. pdf
• Jadi, M., & Sejnowski, T.J. (2014a). Cortical oscillations arise from contextual interactions that regulate sparse coding. Proc. Nat’l. Acad. Sci. USA, 111, 6780-6785. pdf
• Jadi, M., & Sejnowski, T.J. (2014b). Dynamic predictions: oscillations and synchrony in top-down processing. Proc. IEEE, 102, 830-842. pdf

See Engel’s collected works at: Engel pdfs.
Look at: Freedman’s papers

Informal Resources – Blogs, Tutorials, etc.

• Neurevolution – a brain blog.
• Understanding Brain Development, Rubenstein, J: Understanding Brain Development as a Foundation for Understanding Brain Diseases. BBRF Webinar May 13, 2014