NeuroRhythms

Computational Modeling and Experimental Analysis
of Normal and Pathological Neural Rhythms
for Medical Applications & NeuroRobotics

Research topics

Neural oscillation and population synchrony at specific frequencies are ubiquitous in the central nervous system of animals and humans. Indeed, rhythms characterize the neural activity at every scale: (i) at the microscopic scale, subthreshold membrane potential of a neuron can oscillate up to 40 Hz and action potentials appear period- ically such as in the olfactory bulb; (ii) at a mesoscopic scale, neurons of inhibitory or excitatory populations fire together; (iii) at a macroscopic scale, brain areas located in both hemispheres show synchrony and brain waves can be observed between areas e.g., between the frontal lobe and the parietal lobe under general anesthesia. Rhythms can be found throughout the central nervous system e.g., between brain areas as well as in the spinal cord. As a consequence, rhythms are known to be involved in numerous brain functions such as perception and action (includ- ing inter-limb and inter-personal movement coordination), cognition (states of awakeness, memory consolidation…) and emotions. Excess or deficit in oscillation or synchrony could further relate to neurological disorders. Thus, it is important to study normal and pathological rhythmic activity to better understand Parkinson’s disease, tremor, epilepsy… and propose neural interfaces for controlling the nervous system or enhancing functional recovery. Studying neural rhythms requires to build realistic models validated by experimental data recorded in humans, animals or robots.

Grasp-IT project on RTBF news

2022/04/09 2022/04/12Uncategorized

RTBF 1 p.m. news on Saturday April 9, 2022 (from 1mn 5s)

chair of junior professor in neuroscience at LORIA/Neurorhythms

2021/07/23 2021/07/23Uncategorized

What: Junior Professor of Neuroscience
Scope of the function:
https://www.eechesup-recherche.gouv.fr/cid156968/www.eechesup-recherche.gouv.fr/cid156968/www.eechesup-recherche.gouv.fr/cid156968/des-carrieres-plus-attractives-les- junior-professorships.html
The chair contains a reduction in service (64h) for 5 years and financial support.
The chair could be accompanied by funding for a thesis grant, a post-doctorate, or even a delegation to allow the laureate to progressively move from a 64-hour service to a 192-hour service. .

Where: University of Lorraine / LORIA Laboratory / NeuroRhythms team

When: start in November 2021

How: Send a motivated email with an attached CV and reference contacts to laurent.bougrain@loria.fr

Best Student Paper@SMC’20

2020/10/14 2020/10/14Award

Congratulations to Sébastien Rimbert who received the award for best student paper from IEEE and the Brain initiative at Brain-Machine Interfaces workshop of the 2020 System Man and Cybernetic (SMC’20) conference!
You can read the article “Learning How to Generate Kinesthetic Motor Imagery Using a BCI-based Learning Environment: a Comparative Study Based on Guided or Trial-and-Error Approaches” by
Sébastien Rimbert, Laurent Bougrain and Stéphanie Fleck
here https://hal.inria.fr/hal-02920306

Computational Neurosciences

Brain-Computer Interfaces

Hand Shaking controlled by Central Pattern Generators

Computational Modeling and Experimental Analysis
of Normal and Pathological Neural Rhythms
for Medical Applications & NeuroRobotics

Research topics

Grasp-IT project on RTBF news

chair of junior professor in neuroscience at LORIA/Neurorhythms

Best Student Paper@SMC’20

Computational Neurosciences

Brain-Computer Interfaces

Hand Shaking controlled by Central Pattern Generators

Computational Modeling and Experimental Analysisof Normal and Pathological Neural Rhythmsfor Medical Applications & NeuroRobotics Research topics

Computational Modeling and Experimental Analysis
of Normal and Pathological Neural Rhythms
for Medical Applications & NeuroRobotics

Research topics