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Author Koch, Christof, 1956-

Title Biophysics of computation : information processing in single neurons / Christof Koch
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 562 pages) : illustrations
Series Computational neuroscience
Computational neuroscience.
Contents The membrane equation --Linear cable theory -- Passive dendritic trees -- Synaptic input -- Synaptic interactions in a passive dendritic tree -- The Hodgkin-Huxley model of action potential generation -- Phase space analysis of neuronal excitability -- Ionic channels -- Beyond Hodgkin and Huxley: calcium and calcium-dependent potassium currents -- Linearizing voltage-dependent currents -- Diffusion, buffering and binding -- Dendritic spines -- Synaptic plasticity -- Simplified models of individual neurons -- Stochastic models of single cells -- Bursting cells -- Input resistance, time constants, and spike initiation -- Synaptic input to a passive tree -- Voltage-dependent events in the dendritic tree -- Unconventional computing -- Computing with neurons: a summary -- Appendix A: Passive membrane parameters -- Appendix B: A miniprimer on linear systems analysis -- Appendix C: Sparce matrix methods for modeling single neurons
Summary Neural network research often builds on the fiction that neurons are simple linear threshold units, completely neglecting the highly dynamic and complex nature of synapses, dendrites, and voltage-dependent ionic currents. Biophysics of Computation: Information Processing in Single Neurons challenges this notion, using richly detailed experimental and theoretical findings from cellular biophysics to explain the repertoire of computational functions available to single neurons. The author shows how individual nerve cells can multiply, integrate, or delay synaptic inputs and how information can b
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-552) and index
Notes English
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Subject Computational neuroscience.
Neurons.
Neural networks (Neurobiology)
Action potentials (Electrophysiology)
Neural conduction.
Neural circuitry.
Neurons
Action Potentials
Nerve Net
Neural Conduction
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Physical.
Neural circuitry
Action potentials (Electrophysiology)
Computational neuroscience
Neural conduction
Neural networks (Neurobiology)
Neurons
Neurologie
Aktionspotenzial
Neuronales Netz
Nervennetz
Signaltransduktion
Konnektionismus
Biophysik
Datenverarbeitung
Nervenzelle
Informationsverarbeitung
Neurobiologie.
Actiepotentialen.
Neurotransmissie.
Neurones.
Réseaux neuronaux (physiologie)
Conduction nerveuse.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 97051390
ISBN 9780199760558
0199760551
1280595094
9781280595097
9786613624925
6613624926
0197562337
9780197562338