Modeling in the neurosciences
Subtitle: from ionic channels to neural networks
By: edited by Roman R. Poznanski.
Contributors: Poznanski, Roman R.
Publisher: Harwood Academic Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 536
Subjects: Neurons -- Computer simulation.; Neurons -- Mathematical models.; Neural networks (Neurobiology); Computational neuroscience.; Models, Neurological.; Computer Simulation.; Neurons -- physiology.; Neurosciences -- methods.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Introduction to modeling in the neurosciences; title: Ch. 2. Statistical analysis of ionic channel current fluctuations; title: Ch. 3. Physiological and statistical approaches to modeling of synaptic responses; title: Ch. 4. Natural variability in the geometry of dendritic branching patterns; title: Ch. 5. The multiple equivalent cylinder model; title: Ch. 6. Voltage transients in multipolar neurons with tapering dendrites; title: Ch. 7. The Lanczos procedure for generating equivalent cables; title: Ch. 8. Parameter estimation algorithms for the shunt cable model; title: Ch. 9. Determination of cable parameters for neurons with gap junctions; title: Ch. 10. Syncytial intergration in the outer retina; title: Ch. 11. Ionic current model of the outer retinal cells; title: Ch. 12. Ephaptic interactions between neurons. The example of the hippocampus; title: Ch. 13. Numerical modeling of neocortical pyramidal cells; title: Ch. 14. Some problems arising in models of conduction in excitable dendrites; title: Ch. 15. Semi-quantitative theory of bistable dendrites with wind-up; title: Ch. 16. Bifurcation analysis of neuronal excitability and oscillations; title: Ch. 17. Dynamics of associative memory networks; title: Ch. 18. Analysis and synthesis of morphologically realistic neural networks.