title: Sleep, neuroengineering and dynamics.
abstract: Modeling of consciousness-related phenomena and neuroengineering are fields that are rapidly growing together. We review recent approaches and developments and point out some promising directions of future research: Understanding the dynamics of consciousness states and associated oscillations, pathological oscillations as well as their treatment by stimulation, neuroprosthetics and brain-computer-interface approaches, and stimulation approaches that probe, influence and strengthen memory consolidation. In all these fields, computational models connect theory, neurophysiology and neuroengineering research and pave a way towards medical applications.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Neuro- and Bioinformatics, University of Luebeck, 23538 Lübeck, Germany.
authors.forename: Jens Christian
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Claussen
authors.forename: Ulrich G
authors.initials: UG
authors.lastname: Hofmann
keywords: Brain-computer interface; Computational neuroscience; Consciousness; Dynamics; Neuroengineering; Neuroprosthetics; Pathological oscillations; Plasticity; Sleep