Neuronal networks of the hippocampus
The questions of how a large population of neurons in the brain functions, how synchronized firing of neurons is achieved, and what factors regulate how many and which neurons fire under different conditions form the central theme of this book. Important neurological techniques for the physiological reconstruction of a large biological neural network are presented.
Print Book, English, 1991
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991
xviii, 281 p : ill ; 24 cm
9780521364812, 0521364817
911309601
Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. The hippocampus in context; 2. Physiology of single neurons: voltage- and ligand-gated ionic channels; 3. Synaptic function and organization of the CA3 region; 4. The single-cell model; 5. Model of the CA3 network; 6. Collective behaviours of the CA3 network: experiment and model; 7. Collective behaviours of the CA3 network: spontaneous oscillations and synchronized synaptic potentials; 8. Field effects; 9. Theoretical approaches: mathematical neural networks; Appendix; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.