Neural and Brain Modeling

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Dedication, Page iv
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages xi-xii
Introduction to Models of the Nervous System: A Review of the Literature, Pages 1-4
1 - Introduction, Pages 5-9
Introduction to Generic Mechanisms, Page 11
2 - Single Neurons: Spike Generation, Pages 13-33
3 - Single Neurons: Dendritic Trees, Pages 34-47
4 - Biophysical and Chemical Levels of Control and Intercellular Communication, Pages 48-60
Introduction to Models of Specific Neuronal Systems and Networks, Page 61
5 - “Simpler Systems” and Invertebrate Systems, Pages 63-71
6 - Early and Lower-Level Vertebrate Systems, Pages 72-99
7 - Limbic Systems, Pages 100-107
8 - Neocortical and Thalamocortical Systems, Pages 108-131
Introduction to Generic Operations, Systems, and Networks, Page 133
9 - Neural Networks, Pages 135-177
10 - Cognitive Operations and Structures, Pages 178-197
11 - Clinical Models, Pages 198-199
12 - Outer Limits, Pages 200-203
Introduction to Computer Simulation of Neuronal Systems, Pages 207,209-213
13 - Introduction, Pages 215-219
14 - Simplified Models of Single Neurons, Pages 220-260
15 - Synaptic Bombardment in Model Neurons, Pages 261-288
16 - Small Pools of Neurons, Pages 289-300
17 - Junctions of Neuronal Populations, Pages 301-316
18 - Local Networks, Feed-Forward, and Recurrent Connections: Lateral Inhibition and Internally Sustained Activity, Pages 317-342
19 - Systems of Interacting Neuronal Populations, Pages 343-355
20 - Embedding of Memory Traces in Neuronal Junctions and Systems by Hebbian Learning, Pages 356-377
21 - More Accurate Models of Neurons with Dendritic Trees, Pages 378-423
22 - Propagation of Action Potentials in Axons and Axon Termination Fields, Pages 424-437
23 - Systems of Neuronal Populations with Dendritic Trees, Pages 438-445
24 - The Place of Computer Modeling in Neuroscience, Pages 446-448
Epilogue, Pages 205-206
Appendix 1 - Symbols Used in FORTRAN Programs, Pages 449-456
Appendix 2 - Computer Programs, Pages 457-622
Appendix 3 - Programs for Multiple Embedding of Memory Traces (MLSYS41, LDSYS41, DSPLAY2, CMPTP1), Pages 623-639
Index, Pages 641-643