Methods in Neuronal Modeling: From Ions to Networks: Second Edition

Koch, Christof and Segev, Idan: Editors

ISBN 10: 0262112310 / ISBN 13: 9780262112314

Published by The MIT Press, 1998

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Black cloth covered boards with metallic mauve titles, xiii, references, contributors, index, 671 pages. Dust jacket inside fold edges have been taped to the front and back paste-down end papers with scotch tape, previous owners name written along top edge of front free end paper, light rubbing, scuffing and denting to cover, page edge, and dust jacket extremities. Sound spine, and other than mentioned taped folds and previous owners name, the interior pages are clean and unmarked.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Methods in Neuronal Modeling: From Ions to Networks: Second Edition
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262112310
• ISBN 13: 9780262112314
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Much research focuses on the question of how information is processed in nervous systems, from the level of individual ionic channels to large-scale neuronal networks, and from "simple" animals such as sea slugs and flies to cats and primates. New interdisciplinary methodologies combine a bottom-up experimental methodology with the more top-down-driven computational and modeling approach. This book serves as a handbook of computational methods and techniques for modeling the functional properties of single and groups of nerve cells.The contributors highlight several key trends: (1) the tightening link between analytical/numerical models and the associated experimental data, (2) the broadening of modeling methods, at both the subcellular level and the level of large neuronal networks that incorporate real biophysical properties of neurons as well as the statistical properties of spike trains, and (3) the organization of the data gained by physical emulation of the nervous system components through the use of very large scale circuit integration (VLSI) technology.The field of neuroscience has grown dramatically since the first edition of this book was published nine years ago. Half of the chapters of the second edition are completely new; the remaining ones have all been thoroughly revised. Many chapters provide an opportunity for interactive tutorials and simulation programs. They can be accessed via Christof Koch's Website.Contributors : Larry F. Abbott, Paul R. Adams, Hagai Agmon-Snir, James M. Bower, Robert E. Burke, Erik de Schutter, Alain Destexhe, Rodney Douglas, Bard Ermentrout, Fabrizio Gabbiani, David Hansel, Michael Hines, Christof Koch, Misha Mahowald, Zachary F. Mainen, Eve Marder, Michael V. Mascagni, Alexander D. Protopapas, Wilfrid Rall, John Rinzel, Idan Segev, Terrence J. Sejnowski, Shihab Shamma, Arthur S. Sherman, Paul Smolen, Haim Sompolinsky, Michael Vanier, Walter M. Yamada.

About the Author

Christof Koch is President and Chief Scientist of the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, following twenty-seven years as a Professor at the California Institute of Technology. He is the author of Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist (MIT Press), The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach, and other books.