Corticonics : neural circuits of the cerebral cortex /
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| Author / Creator: | Abeles, Moshe, 1936- |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991. |
| Description: | xiv, 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1143119 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1.. Anatomy of the cerebral cortex
- 1.1. Macroscopic structure
- 1.2. Types of neurons
- 1.3. Microscopic organization
- 1.4. Embryogenesis of the cerebral cortex
- 1.5. Quantitative considerations
- 1.6. References
- 2.. The probability for synaptic contact between neurons in the cortex
- 2.1. Uniform distribution
- 2.2. Nonuniform distribution
- 2.3. Examples
- 2.4. Generalization
- 2.5. References
- 3.. Processing of spikes by neural networks
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Transmission of a single spike through a synapse
- 3.3. Using the ASG
- 3.4. Transmission of a spike train
- 3.5. Examples
- 3.6. References
- 4.. Relations between membrane potential and the synaptic response curve
- 4.1. Periodically firing neurons
- 4.2. Randomly firing neurons
- 4.3. The autocorrelation function for spike trains
- 4.4. Synaptic effects on periodically firing neurons
- 4.5. Synaptic effects on randomly firing neurons
- 4.6. References
- 5.. Models of neural networks
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. The point neuron
- 5.3. Small random networks
- 5.4. Large random networks
- 5.5. Recurrent cooperative networks
- 5.6. Perceptrons
- 5.7. References
- 6.. Transmission through chains of neurons
- 6.1. The necessity of diverging/converging connections
- 6.2. Existence of diverging/converging connections
- 6.3. Transmission through diverging/converging chains
- 6.4. Appendix
- 6.5. References
- 7.. Synchronous transmission
- 7.1. Synchronous gain
- 7.2. Synfire chains
- 7.3. Stability of transmission in synfire chains
- 7.4. Accuracy of timing
- 7.5. Conversion from synchronous activity to asynchronous activity, and vice versa
- 7.6. Detectability of synfire activity in the cortex
- 7.7. References
- Appendix. Answers and hints
- Index
