The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BST) is a basal forebrain structure mainly involved in anxiety disorders and stress response. Its small size and having cell densities similar to its surrounding structures lead to difficulties in precise delineations using common MRI techniques. Histology-based maps help to overcome these challenges and can serve as a spatial and structural...
The olfactory tubercle and terminal islands are part of the basal forebrain, a brain area
characterized by great structural heterogeneity. The connectivity and function of the
olfactory tubercle have been evaluated using diffusion imaging and fMRI, however the
precise boundaries within 3D space are still not clarified (Zelano et al., 2007; Echevarria-
Cooper et al., 2022). In addition, it...
While the folding pattern is stable and simple in small mammalian brains, it becomes rich and complex in larger brains, reaching a peak of complexity and inter-individual variability in humans.
However, among this variability some major features are stable within species and even between species. We examine the morphological variability of the central sulcus in regard with the underlying...
The nervous system accomplishes its energy-efficiency through a combination of analog computation and a sparse event-based communication. Especially the latter can pose challenges to learning or training strategies. The recent adoption of surrogate gradients, however, paved the way for an effective gradient-based training of spiking neural networks (SNNs). This talk presents a flexible and...
