Corticonics: Neural Circuits of the Cerebral Cortex

by M. Abeles

Overview

This book fulfills that need by combining studies of anatomy and physiology and mathematical and computer modeling to obtain a quantitative description of cortical functions. The material is presented didactically; it starts with descriptive anatomy and comprehensively examines all aspects of modeling. The book gradually leads the reader from a macroscopic view of cortical anatomy and a description of standard electrophysiological properties of single neurons to neural network models and synchronous firing chains of neurons. Along the way, the most modern trends of neural network modeling are explored.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521376174
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	02/22/1991
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.67(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Anatomy of the cerebral cortex; 2. The probability for synaptic contact between neurons in the cortex; 3. Processing of spikes by neural networks; 4. Relations between membrane potential and the synaptic response curve; 5. Models of neural networks; 6. Transmission through chains of neurons; 7. Synchronous transmission; Appendix; Index.