Research Catalog

Title

Neural regeneration / edited by Fredrick J. Seil.

Publication

Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1994.

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Additional Authors

• International Symposium on Neural Regeneration (5th : 1993 : Pacific Grove, Calif.)
• Seil, Fredrick J.

Description

xvi, 413 p. : ill.; 27 cm.

Series Statement

Progress in brain research ; v. 103

Uniform Title

Progress in brain research ; v. 103.

Subject

• Nerve Regeneration > physiology
• Nerves > Growth > Congresses
• Nervous system > Regeneration > Congresses
• Neurotropin > Physiological effect > Congresses
• Nitric oxide > Physiological effect > Congresses

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Neural Regeneration, held in Pacific Grove, California, Dec. 8-12, 1993--Pref.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Reciprocity of structure-function relations in developing neural networks: the Odyssey of a self-organizing brain through research fads, fallacies and prospects / M. A. Corner -- 2. Growth cone motility: substratum-bound molecules, cytoplasmic [Ca[superscript 2+]] and Ca[superscript 2+]-regulated proteins / P. C. Letourneau, D. M. Snow and T. M. Gomez -- 3. Filopodia as detectors of environmental cues: signal integration through changes in growth cone calcium levels / S. B. Kater, R. W. Davenport and P. B. Guthrie -- 4. Microtubule transport and assembly cooperate to generate the microtubule assay of growing axons / M. M. Black -- 5. Initial tract formation in the vertebrate brain / S. S. Easter, Jr., J. Burrill, R. C. Marcus, L. S. Ross, J. S. H. Taylor and S. W. Wilson -- 6. Dynamic mechanisms of neuronal outgrowth / M. P. van Veen and J. van Pelt.
• 7. Geometrical and topological characteristics in the dendritic development of cortical pyramidal and non-pyramidal neurons / H. B. M. Uylings, J. van Pelt, J. G. Parnavelas and A. Ruiz-Marcos -- 8. Electrotonic properties of passive dendritic trees - effect of dendritic topology / J. van Pelt and A. K. Schierwagen -- 9. Exploring the computational capabilities of single neurons by continuous cable modelling / A. K. Schierwagen -- 10. Development of voltage-dependent and ligand-gated channels in excitable membranes / N. C. Spitzer -- 11. Theoretical models for describing neural signal transduction / H. Parnas and E. Sivan -- 12. Intrinsic neuronal physiology and the functions, dysfunctions and development of neocortex / B. W. Connors -- 13. Development of projection neurons of the mammalian cerebral cortex / S. E. Koester and D. M. O'Leary.
• 14. Naturally occurring and axotomy-induced motoneuron death and its prevention by neurotrophic agents: a comparison between chick and mouse / L. J. Houenou, L. Li, A. C. Lo, Q. Yan and R. W. Oppenheim -- 15. Synaptic development of cerebral cortex: implications for learning, memory and mental illness / P. Rakic, J.-P. Bourgeois and P. S. Goldman-Rakic -- 16. Activity-dependent neurite outgrowth and neural network development / A. van Ooyen and J. van Pelt -- 17. [gamma]-Aminobutyric acid (GABA): a fast excitatory transmitter which may regulate the development of hippocampal neurones in early postnatal life / Y. Ben-Ari, V. Tseeb, D. Raggozzino, R. Khazipov and J. L. Gaiarsa -- 18. Regulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor function during the rearrangement of developing neuronal connections / M. Hofer and M. Constantine-Paton -- 19. Role of the visual environment in the formation of receptive fields according to the BCM theory / C. C. Law, M. F. Bear and L. N. Cooper.
• 20. Models of activity-dependent neural development / K. D. Miller -- 21. Role of chaotic dynamics in neural plasticity / W. J. Freeman -- 22. Neural networks in the brain involved in memory and recall / E. T. Rolls and A. Treves -- 23. Categories of cortical structure / D. Purves, D. R. Riddle, L. E. White, G. Gutierrez-Ospina and A.-S. LaMantia -- 24. Dynamics of local neuronal networks: control parameters and state bifurcations in epileptogenesis / F. H. Lopes da Silva, J.-P. Pijn and W. J. Wadman -- 25. Non-linear dynamics in neural networks / J. G. Taylor -- 26. Are there unifying principles underlying the generation of epileptic afterdischarges in vitro? / R. D. Traub and J. G. R. Jefferys -- 27. Synchronization in neuronal transmission and its importance for information processing / M. Abeles, Y. Prut, H. Bergman and E. Vaadia -- 28. Oscillatory and non-oscillatory synchronizations in the visual cortex and their possible roles in associations of visual features / R. Eckhorn.
• 29. Modelling the cerebellar Purkinje cell: experiments 'in computo' / E. de Schutter.

ISBN

• 0444818197 (alk. paper)
• 0444801049 (series : alk. paper)

LCCN

94040452

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries