Computational Neuroscience#

This document is intended to help newcomers to get into computational neuroscience. Note that this is a living document and it will regularly be updated. Offers of help to complete this are very welcome!

Books#

  1. Neuroscience

  2. Computational modelling/theoretical neuroscience

  3. Programming

  4. Machine learning

Publications#

  1. Review articles

  2. Classic papers

Open Source Brain projects#

See here for a list of OSB projects which contain tutorials, exercises, etc. in computational neuroscience.

Software#

  1. Modelling

An overview of the main target simulators for models in Open Source Brain can be found here.

  1. Markup Languages

    • A Model Description Language for Computational Neuroscience (NeuroML)

    • Systems Biology Markup Language (SBML)

    • CellML

  1. Libraries: Data analysis and scientific computing

  2. Libraries: Data visualization

  3. Libraries: Machine learning

Databases#

  • ModelDB: model database for computational neuroscience (ModelDB)

  • Open Source Brain (OSB)

  • Digitally Reconstructed Neuron Database (NeuroMorpho)

  • Neuroscience Information Framework (NIF)

  • Brain Operation Database System (BODB)

  • BioModels Database (BioModels)

Organisations#

  • Organization for Computational Neurosciences (OCNS)

  • International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF)

Institutions, Laboratories and Research Groups#

  1. Asia

  2. Europe

  3. USA

A more comprehensive list of labs, centers and researchers can be found here.

Mailing Lists, Blogs and News#

  1. Mailing lists

  2. Blogs

  3. News

Online courses#

  1. Coursera

  2. edX

  3. Wulfram Gerstner

  4. OCW MIT

Other resources#