Computation in Neurons and Neural Systems

✍ Scribed by P. G. Hearne, S. Manchanda, M. Janahmadi, I. M. Thompson, J. Wray, D. J. Sanders (auth.), Frank H. Eeckman (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 319
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Computation in Neurons and Neural Systems contains the collected papers of the 1993 Conference on Computation and Neural Systems which was held between July 31--August 7, in Washington, DC. These papers represent a cross-section of the state-of-the-art research work in the field of computational neuroscience, and includes coverage of analysis and modeling work as well as results of new biological experimentation.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Solutions to Hodgkin-Huxley Equations: Functional Analysis of a Molluscan Neurone....Pages 3-8
An Analytic Method for Estimating the Kinetic Parameters of Active Conductances from Current-Clamp Data....Pages 9-14
The Effect of i h Currents on Bursting Patterns of Pairs of Coupled Neurons....Pages 15-20
Anomalous increase in membrane impedance of neurons during NMDA activation....Pages 21-26
Synchronization among heterogeneous inhibitory RTN neurons globally coupled....Pages 27-32
A Multi-Conditional Correlation Statistics for Detecting Spatio-Temporally Correlated Firing Patterns....Pages 33-38
Dynamics Of Presynaptic Ca 2+ And Peptide Release In Bullfrog Sympathetic Ganglia....Pages 39-44
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
Activity-Dependent Distributions of Neuronal Conductances....Pages 47-52
An overview of the Valentino Computational Neuroscience Workbench for the simulation of neural systems....Pages 53-58
Measurement of simulation speed: its relation to simulation accuracy....Pages 59-64
Simulation-based Tutorials for Neuroscience Education....Pages 65-70
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Simulating the foveal cone receptive field....Pages 73-78
Computational Hermissenda Photoarray Model....Pages 79-84
Limits On Image Representation In Early Vision....Pages 85-90
Inward Rectifying Conductances in Inhibitory Neurons of Turtle Visual Cortex....Pages 91-96
Optimal Smoothness of Orientation Preference Maps....Pages 97-101
Network Dynamics and Correlated Spikes....Pages 103-107
Modeling Global Synchrony in the Visual Cortex by Locally Coupled Neural Oscillators....Pages 109-114
A Cortical Mechanism for Shape-from-Texture Based on Dynamic Changes in Complex Cell Receptive Fields....Pages 115-120
Construction of Illusory Surfaces by Intermediate-Level Visual Cortical Networks....Pages 121-126
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
A Neural Model for the Perception of Surface Transparency....Pages 127-132
Learning by Delay Modifications....Pages 133-138
Using adaptive synaptogenesis to model the development of ocular dominance in kitten visual cortex.....Pages 139-144
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
A Stochastic Model Of Synaptic Transmission and Auditory Nerve Discharge (Part I)....Pages 147-152
A Stochastic Model Of Synaptic Transmission and Auditory Nerve Discharge (Part II)....Pages 153-158
The Effects of Neuronal Modeling Parameters on the Auditory Nerve Image: an Exploration of Parameter Space....Pages 159-164
A Simulation of Neural Processing in the Auditory Pathway of the Barn Owl....Pages 165-170
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Modeling olfactory neurons of the insect antennal lobe....Pages 173-178
Pheromone detection, ratio discrimination and oscillations: a new approach to olfactory coding.....Pages 179-184
Sensitivity in the Response of Piriform Pyramidal cells to Fluctuations in Synaptic Timing....Pages 185-190
Neural System Identification Applied to Modelling Dogfish Electrosensory Neurons....Pages 191-196
System Identification and Modeling of Primary Electrosensory Afferent Response Dynamics....Pages 197-202
A Network Model of Automatic Gain Control in the Electrosensory System....Pages 203-208
Adaptive Filtering in the Electrosensory System....Pages 209-214
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
An Integrated Neuronal and Mechanical Model of Fish Swimming....Pages 217-222
Frequency Control in Biological Half-Center Oscillators....Pages 223-228
Fatigue in a Dynamic Neural Network....Pages 229-234
Facilitation and Unblocking: A Quantitative Model....Pages 235-240
Timing the ISI in Rabbit Eyeblink Conditioning — A Cerebellar Neural Model of a Neuromotor Timing Mechanism....Pages 241-246
A Role for the Cerebellum in Global Regulation of Regional Blood Flow and Energy Delivery....Pages 247-254
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
Toward a Mechanism for Navigation by the Rat Hippocampus....Pages 257-262
Propagating Waves of Activity in Firing-Rates Models....Pages 263-267
The Sinusoidal Array: A Theory of Representation for Spatial Vectors....Pages 269-274
State-Dependent Sequencing and Learning....Pages 275-280
Unifying Two Forms of Memory: A Neural Model....Pages 281-286
Modulation of Neuronal Adaptation and Cortical Associative Memory Function.....Pages 287-292
Preliminary aspects of the SAM theory of the Cerebral Neocortex....Pages 293-298
Temporal Requirement for Associative LTP in the Dentate. Dependence On Modeled R m and R i Values....Pages 299-304
A Computational Model of Map Reorganization Following Cortical Lesions....Pages 305-310
Competitive Parallel Processing of Millisecond Scale in the Neocortical Circuitry....Pages 311-316
Back Matter....Pages 317-319

✦ Subjects

Circuits and Systems;Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity;Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics);Biophysics and Biological Physics;Electrical Engineering