BUTIFtoolbox is used to extract transient oscillatory dynamics from signals. Until now, it was succesfully applied to LFP (Local Field Potentials) and EEG (Electroencephalographic) signals. Applications to other fields could be researched.

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Published annually, the Progress Report describes the top findings in brain research during the previous year as selected by executive members of the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives.


The 2009 report features in-depth articles on substance abuse, Alzheimer’s disease, obesity, schizophrenia, brain-machine interface, and post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as a roundup chapter on other areas of advancement. The Progress Report is the signature publication of the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives.

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This review describes a constructive role for noise in synchronizing populations of neurons.
Trends Neurosci. 2008 Jul 4. [Epub ahead of print]
Reliability, synchrony and noise.
Ermentrout GB, Galán RF, Urban NN.

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Treatment’s promise moves beyond movement disorders
By Tom Valeo
Posted in The DANA Foundation’s BRAINWORK
Vol. 18, No. 3 | May – June 2008

Electrically stimulating the hypothalamus of a morbidly obese man failed to curb his appetite, but jogged his memory instead, and that has pushed researchers to study whether the technique may hold promise for bolstering the failing memory of people with Alzheimer’s disease. The incident, reported in January, adds to the list of brain disorders in which deep brain stimulation, or DBS, is being used or tested.

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