Research Catalog
Neurons, networks, and motor behavior / edited by Paul S.G. Stein ... [et al.].
- Title
- Neurons, networks, and motor behavior / edited by Paul S.G. Stein ... [et al.].
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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- Additional Authors
- Stein, Paul S. G.
- Description
- xiii, 305 p. : ill.; 29 cm.
- Summary
- Comparisons of model systems throughout the animal kingdom provide insights into general principles of motor control. Contributors describe how networks generate such motor behaviors as walking, swimming, flying, scratching, reaching, breathing, feeding, and chewing. An emerging principle of organization is that nervous systems are remarkably efficient in constructing neural networks that control multiple tasks and dynamically adapt to change.
- Recent advances in motor behavior research rely on detailed knowledge of the characteristics of the neurons and networks that generate motor behavior. At the cellular level, Neurons, Networks, and Motor Behavior describes the computational characteristics of individual neurons and how these characteristics are modified by neuromodulators. At the network and behavioral levels, the volume discusses how network structure is dynamically modulated to produce adaptive behavior.
- Series Statement
- Computational neuroscience
- Subjects
- ISBN
- 0262193906 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 97001551
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries