Bursting: The Genesis of Rhythm in the Nervous System - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 981256506X ISBN 13 : 9789812565068

Editeur : World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

Neurons in the brain communicate with each other by transmitting sequences of electrical spikes or action potentials. One of the major challenges in neuroscience is to understand the basic physiological mechanisms underlying the complex spatiotemporal patterns of spiking activity observed during normal brain functioning, and to determine the origins of pathological dynamical states such as epileptic seizures and Parkinsonian tremors. A second major challenge is to understand how the patterns of spiking activity provide a substrate for the encoding and transmission of information, that is, how do neurons compute with spikes? It is likely that an important element of both the dynamical and computational properties of neurons is that they can exhibit bursting, which is a relatively slow rhythmic alternation between an active phase of rapid spiking and a quiescent phase without spiking. This book provides a detailed overview of the current state-of-the-art in the mathematical and computational modeling of bursting, with contributions from many of the leading researchers in the field.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 981256506X
• ISBN 13: 9789812565068
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 420
• Éditeur: Coombes Steve, Bressloff Paul
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible