Systems Neuroscience is an approach to brain sciences that seeks the basic principles of brain organization, dynamics and function across a hierarchy of spatial and temporal scales. It is a rapidly growing field that differs considerably from the traditional reductionist paradigm in neuroscience that addresses sufficient causes for local phenomena.

The work of our group embodies these principles across three broad domains -empirical, computational and clinical neuroscience. The overarching aim of this work is to contribute towards unifying models of brain architecture, dynamics and cognitive (dys)function.

Beneath such lofty goals, are a bunch of often gruelling, specific and highly technical details to which we are also happy to devote time and endless cups of coffee.

We are funded in national collaborations by the Australian Research Council (Thinking Systems), The National Health and Medical Research  Council, and the Rotary Foundation and in a international collaboration by the James. S. McDonnell Foundation (BrainNRG).


News

  • Hemodynamic travelling waves in human visual cortex. By combining advanced modelling and imaging technologies, we predict and confirm the presence of travelling waves in human cortex - and also quantify their propagation speed and spatial damping.
    Posted Feb 6, 2012 8:35 PM by Michael Breakspear
  • A $7 million NHMRC program grant The team, consisting of Philip Mitchell, Gordon Parker, Peter Schofield and Michael Breakspear, received $7 million over five years from the NHMRC for the program "Depressive and bipolar disorders ...
    Posted Jan 29, 2012 7:52 PM by Tjeerd B
  • Chiel joined our group Chiel van de Steeg is a Research Master from the VU University Amsterdam. He will visit our group for six months to do a research project on corticospinal coherence.
    Posted Jan 22, 2012 3:41 PM by Tjeerd B
  • Paper accepted in Journal of Neurophysiology Boonstra TW, Breakspear M (2012). Neural mechanisms of intermuscular coherence: Implications for the rectification of surface electromyography. Journal of Neurophysiology 107: 796:807.
    Posted Jan 22, 2012 3:20 PM by Tjeerd B
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