When   Thursday, January 8, 2009   Time   2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  
Where   Technological Institute M 416 2145 Sheridan Rd.   map it
Audience   - Faculty/Staff - Student - Public
Contact   Molly E Scanlon   +1 847 491 5586  
Group   McCormick-Colloquia Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics

Applied Math Colloquium

Title: Kramer: Brain Rhythms in sickness and in health

Speaker: Mark Kramer, Boston University

Abstract: Rhythmic oscillations in brain voltage activity characterize both healthy and pathological brain states. In this presentation, we consider a particular brain pathology, epilepsy, and how the quantitative analysis of voltage rhythms may suggest novel surgical therapies. In addition, we describe brain voltage rhythms in health, and a novel mechanism of rhythm generation: period concatenation. We conclude with a discussion of interacting rhythms, and show how a simple (yet biophysical) model of these rhythms motivates new mathematics.

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