It is clear that theoretical and mathematical approaches are strongly needed in Neuroscience today. However, the development of new experimental techniques and tools is yielding data not previously attainable, and this is changing and challenging theoretical approaches. 

In this workshop, we start from the perspective that what is needed is to have strong, clear and well-defined interactions between theoretical approaches and insight, and the experimental data and its context, so that we can move closer to determining mechanisms actually implemented by the brain. 

In this one-day workshop, research talks where well-defined interactions exist will be given. The area of focus is cellular microcircuits in hippocampus, and talks will include didactic aspects with opportunity for discussion and interaction. Theoretical aspects will include dynamical systems and bifurcation analyses, mean field theory, Markov chain Monte Carlo methods for parameter estimation, simulations and analyses.