Arc Centre of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function

Importance of self-connections for brain connectivity and spectral connectomics

Xiao Gao, PA Robinson

2020-12-01

Spectral analysis and neural field theory are used to investigate the role of local connections in brain connectivity matrices (CM..

Estimating neuronal conductance model parameters using dynamic action potential clamp

Y Deerasooriya, G Berecki, D Kaplan, IC Forster, S Halgamuge, S Petrou

2019-09-01

Parameterization of neuronal membrane conductance models relies on data acquired from current clamp (CC) or voltage clamp (VC) rec..

Investigating Preferential Activation of Rat Retinal Ganglion Cell Classes with Electrical Stimulation

Molis Yunzab, Artemio Soto-Breceda, Matias Maturana, Hamish Meffin, Tatiana Kameneva, Anthony Burkitt, Michael Ibbotson

2019-07-01

Pattern Motion Processing by MT Neurons

Parvin Zarei Eskikand, Tatiana Kameneva, Anthony N Burkitt, David B Grayden, Michael R Ibbotson

2019-06-21

Based on stimulation with plaid patterns, neurons in the Middle Temporal (MT) area of primate visual cortex are divided into two t..

Fully Solution-Processed Transparent Artificial Neural Network Using Drop-On-Demand Electrohydrodynamic Printing

J Yong, Y Liang, Y Yu, B Hassan, MS Hossain, K Ganesan, RR Unnithan, R Evans, G Egan, G Chana, B Nasr, E Skafidas

2019-05-15

© 2019 American Chemical Society. Artificial neural networks (ANN), deep learning, and neuromorphic systems are exciting new proce..

Toward a Biologically Plausible Model of LGN-V1 Pathways Based on Efficient Coding

Yanbo Lian, David B Grayden, Tatiana Kameneva, Hamish Meffin, Anthony N Burkitt

2019-03-14

Increasing evidence supports the hypothesis that the visual system employs a sparse code to represent visual stimuli, where inform..

Fragility and volatility of structural hubs in the human connectome

LL Gollo, JA Roberts, VL Cropley, MA Di Biase, C Pantelis, A Zalesky, M Breakspear

2018-08-01

Brain structure reflects the influence of evolutionary processes that pit the costs of its anatomical wiring against the computati..

Biophysical basis of the linear electrical receptive fields of retinal ganglion cells

TB Esler, MI Maturana, RR Kerr, DB Grayden, AN Burkitt, H Meffin

2018-07-02

Responses of retinal ganglion cells to direct electrical stimulation have been shown experimentally to be well described by linear..

Feasibility of Nitrogen Doped Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Microelectrodes for Electrophysiological Recording From Neural Tissue

YT Wong, A Ahnood, MI Maturana, W Kentler, K Ganesan, DB Grayden, H Meffin, S Prawer, MR Ibbotson, AN Burkitt

2018-06-22

Neural prostheses that can monitor the physiological state of a subject are becoming clinically viable through improvements in the..

Compensation for traveling wave delay through selection of dendritic delays using spike-timing-dependent plasticity in a model of the auditory brainstem

MJ Spencer, H Meffin, AN Burkitt, DB Grayden

2018-06-05

Asynchrony among synaptic inputs may prevent a neuron from responding to behaviorally relevant sensory stimuli. For example, “octo..

Upper stimulation threshold for retinal ganglion cell activation

K Meng, A Fellner, F Rattay, D Ghezzi, H Meffin, MR Ibbotson, T Kameneva

2018-05-09

Objective. The existence of an upper threshold in electrically stimulated retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) is of interest because of ..

Graphene foam as a biocompatible scaffold for culturing human neurons

GM D’Abaco, C Mattei, B Nasr, EJ Hudson, AJ Alshawaf, G Chana, IP Everall, B Nayagam, M Dottori, E Skafidas

2018-03-07

In this study, we explore the use of electrically active graphene foam as a scaffold for the culture of human-derived neurons. Hum..

Minimizing activation of overlying axons with epiretinal stimulation: The role of fiber orientation and electrode configuration

TB Esler, RR Kerr, B Tahayori, DB Grayden, H Meffin, AN Burkitt

2018-03-01

Currently, a challenge in electrical stimulation of the retina with a visual prosthesis (bionic eye) is to excite only the cells l..

Electrical receptive fields of retinal ganglion cells: Influence of presynaptic neurons

MI Maturana, NV Apollo, DJ Garrett, T Kameneva, SL Cloherty, DB Grayden, AN Burkitt, MR Ibbotson, H Meffin

2018-02-01

Implantable retinal stimulators activate surviving neurons to restore a sense of vision in people who have lost their photorecepto..

Mapping somatosensory connectivity in adult mice using diffusion MRI tractography and super-resolution track density imaging

K Richards, F Calamante, JD Tournier, ND Kurniawan, F Sadeghian, AR Retchford, GD Jones, CA Reid, DC Reutens, R Ordidge, A Connelly, S Petrou

2014-11-15

In this study we combined ultra-high field diffusion MRI fiber tracking and super-resolution track density imaging (TDI) to map th..