Nervous System Theory. An Introductory Study

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE, Pages ix-x
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, Page xi
Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTION, Pages 3-6
Chapter 2 - THE RESTING POTENTIAL, Pages 7-11
Chapter 3 - CABLE THEORY AND PASSIVE CONDUCTION, Pages 12-22
Chapter 4 - PASSIVE RESPONSES IN DENDRITES, Pages 23-32
Chapter 5 - THE ACTION POTENTIAL, Pages 33-40
Chapter 6 - GRADED RESPONSES IN ACTIVE MEMBRANES, Pages 41-71
Chapter 7 - SYNAPTIC COMMUNICATION, Pages 72-79
Chapter 8 - REDUCED NEURON MODELS, Pages 80-94
Chapter 9 - PROBABILISTIC LOGIC OF FORMAL NEURON NETWORKS, Pages 95-107
Chapter 10 - CONCLUSION, Page 108
Chapter 11 - INTRODUCTION, Pages 111-112
Chapter 12 - INFORMATION INPUT STATISTICS, Pages 113-121
Chapter 13 - THE VISUAL PATHWAY—PRELIMINARIES OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, Pages 122-130
Chapter 14 - THE VISUAL PATHWAY—RESPONSE PATTERNS AND RECEPTIVE FIELDS, Pages 131-145
Chapter 15 - RECEPTIVE FIELDS AND DENDRITIC TREES, Pages 146-153
Chapter 16 - ANALOG NETWORKS, Pages 154-159
Chapter 17 - CONCLUSION, Pages 160-161
Chapter 18 - INTRODUCTION, Page 165
Chapter 19 - VISUAL ADAPTATION AND RELATED TOPICS, Pages 166-211
Chapter 20 - A MODEL FOR SIZE ESTIMATION, Pages 212-223
Chapter 21 - BINOCULAR SPACE PERCEPTION, Pages 224-239
Chapter 22 - CONCLUSION, Pages 240-241
Chapter 23 - INTRODUCTION, Pages 245-246
Chapter 24 - HIGHER BRAIN FUNCTION AND ORGANIZATION, Pages 247-259
Chapter 25 - RELIABILITY: COMPUTATION IN THE CEREBELLUM, Pages 260-267
Chapter 26 - CONVERGENCE, DIVERGENCE, AND RELATED TOPICS, Pages 268-277
Chapter 27 - CONCLUSION, Pages 278-279
AUTHOR INDEX, Pages 281-284
SUBJECT INDEX, Pages 285-294