Neural Organization: Structure, Function, and Dynamics

Neuausgabe 1997
ISBN: 978-0-262-01159-4
Verlag: Penguin Random House LLC

Buch, Englisch, 420 Seiten, Format (B × H): 226 mm x 289 mm, Gewicht: 1461 g

Reihe: Bradford Books

In Neural Organization, Arbib, Érdi, and Szentágothai integrate structural,
functional, and dynamical approaches to the interaction of brain models and neurobiologcal
experiments. Both structure-based "bottom-up" and function- based "top-down" models offer coherent
concepts by which to evaluate the experimental data. The goal of this book is to point out the
advantages of a multidisciplinary, multistrategied approach to the brain.Part I of Neural
Organization provides a detailed introduction to each of the three areas of structure, function, and
dynamics. Structure refers to the anatomical aspects of the brain and the relations between
different brain regions. Function refers to skills and behaviors, which are explained by means of
functional schemas and biologically based neural networks. Dynamics refers to the use of a
mathematical framework to analyze the temporal change of neural activities and synaptic
connectivities that underlie brain development and plasticity--in terms of both detailed single-cell
models and large-scale network models.In part II, the authors show how their systematic approach can
be used to analyze specific parts of the nervous system--the olfactory system, hippocampus,
thalamus, cerebral cortex, cerebellum, and basal ganglia--as well as to integrate data from the
study of brain regions, functional models, and the dynamics of neural networks. In conclusion, they
offer a plan for the use of their methods in the development of cognitive neuroscience.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Arbib, Michael A.

Ardi, Pa(c)Ter

Erdi, Peter

Rdi, P?ter

Szentagothai, Alice

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Neurobiologie, Verhaltensbiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft

Über Autor(innen)

Arbib, Michael A.
Michael A. Arbib is University Professor, Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science, and
Professor of Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Neuroscience, and
Psychology at the University of Southern California. He is the author or editor of many books,
including The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks (MIT Press, second
edition 2002).

Erdi, Peter
Peter Erdi is Henry R. Luce Professor of Complex Systems Studies at the Center for Complex
Systems Studies, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI.

Péter Érdi is Henry R. Luce Professor of Complex Systems Studies at the Center for Complex Systems Studies, Kalamazoo College,Kalamazoo, MI.