The collective activity of a population of neurons, beyond the properties of individual cells, is
crucial for many brain functions. A fundamental question is how activity correlations between …

Dendrites have always fascinated researchers: from the artistic drawings by Ramon y Cajal
to the beautiful recordings of today, neuroscientists have been striving to unravel the …

The biophysical features of neurons shape information processing in the brain. Cortical
neurons are larger in humans than in other species, but it is unclear how their size affects …

How the neocortex works is a mystery. In this paper we propose a novel framework for
understanding its function. Grid cells are neurons in the entorhinal cortex that represent the …

Highlights•Learning in hierarchical neural networks requires credit assignment.•Credit
assignment is difficult if regular inputs mix with credit signals.•Dendritic mechanisms provide …

Episodic memory formation and recall are complementary processes that rely on opposing
neuronal computations in the hippocampus. How this conflict is resolved in hippocampal …

The hippocampal formation is critically involved in learning and memory and contains a
large proportion of neurons encoding aspects of the organism's spatial surroundings. In the …

Biologically plausible learning with neuronal dendrites is a promising perspective to improve
the spike-driven learning capability by introducing dendritic processing as an additional …

We present detailed models of pyramidal cells from human neocortex, including models on
their excitatory synapses, dendritic spines, dendritic NMDA-and somatic/axonal Na+ spikes …

Throughout their daily lives, animals and humans often switch between different behaviours.
However, neuroscience research typically studies the brain while the animal is performing …