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Title

Handbook of brain microcircuits / edited by Gordon M. Shepherd, Sten Grillner.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

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Additional Authors

• Shepherd, Gordon M., 1933-
• Grillner, Sten, 1941-

Description

xix, 514 p. : ill.; 27 cm.

Summary

"Handbook of Brain Microcircuits comprehensively illustrates how the concept of microcircuits is emerging as one of the major organizing principles of the nervous system." "A major challenge in neuroscience is to synthesize multidisciplinary data to give insight into brain function. The organization of neurons into microcircuits has emerged as a main theme to accomplish this. The wiring diagrams for these microcircuits are increasingly serving as canonical representations that enhance understanding of the basic functional organization of a region, focus experimental and theoretical tests of its functional properties, and facilitate comparisons with other regions." "This information has been widely dispersed in the literature, which is here synthesized for over 40 regions of the vertebrate and invertebrate nervous system. In order to focus on principles, each chapter is brief, organized around 1-3 wiring diagrams of the key circuits, with several pages of text that distil the functional significance of each microcircuit." ""This outstanding volume...is essential reading for anyone participating in the exploration or following the understanding of brain circuits as an observer. The 52 chapters in this volume come from the world's leading experts on microcircuits, and it covers a wide span of topics ranging from chemotaxis in C. elegans to microcircuitry of the primate prefrontal cortex."---John H. Byrne, PhD June and Virgil Waggoner Chair and Chairman, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX" ""Neural microcircuits provide fundamental units of processing....The comprehensive view offered by this book provides an essential and unique insight to all investigators engaged in the very demanding endeavor of understanding how the brain works, both concerning its diversity and its unifying concepts."--- Marina Bentivoglio, MD Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy" ""Neural circuits have come of age....This book...provides a series of success stories illustrating how the structure and function of neural circuits are being probed in the modern era. It will be highly valuable not only for the cognoscenti but also for inspiring a new generation to enter this flourishing field."---Prof Michael Hausser Professor of Neuroscience, Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, United Kingdom"--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Brain
• Neural circuitry
• Neurophysiology
• Brain > physiology
• Nerve Net
• Neurons > physiology
• Synaptic Transmission

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / Sten Grillner -- Part I. Vertebrates -- Section 1. Neocortex -- Chapter 1. Neocortical Microcircuits / Edward G. Jones -- Chapter 2. Canonical Cortical Circuits / Kevan A. C. Martin -- Chapter 3. Microcircuitry of the Neocortex / Henry Markram -- Chapter 4. Barrel Cortex / Gordon M.G. Shepherd -- Chapter 5. The Motor Cortical Circuit / Costas N. Stefanis -- Chapter 6. Prefrontal Cortex / Xiao-Jing Wang -- Section 2. Thalamus -- Chapter 7. The Thalamus / Edward G. Jones -- Chapter 8. The Lateral Geniculate Nucleus / S. Murray Sherman -- Chapter 9. Thalamocortical Networks / David A. McCormick -- Section 3. Circadian System -- Chapter 10. The Suprachiasmatic Nucleus / Gene D. Block -- Section 4. Basal Ganglia -- Chapter 11. Microcircuits of the Striatum / J. Paul Bolam -- Chapter 12. Templates for Neural Dynamics in the Striatum: Striosomes and Matrisomes / Ann M. Graybiel -- Chapter 13. Subthalamo-Pallidal Circuit / Charles J. Wilson -- Section 5. Limbic Systems -- Chapter 14. Microcircuits of the Amygdala / Joseph E. LeDoux -- Chapter 15. Hippocampus: Intrinsic Organization / Peter Somogyi -- Chapter 16. Hippocampus: Network Physiology / Gyorgy Buzsaki -- Chapter 17. Entorhinal Cortex / May-Britt Moser -- Section 6. Visual System -- Chapter 18. Retina: Microcircuits for Daylight, Twilight, and Starlight / Jonathan B. Demb -- Chapter 19. Evolution of Retinal Circuitry: From Then to Now / John Dowling -- Section 7. Auditory System -- Chapter 20. Cochlea / Peter Dallos -- Chapter 21. Cochlear Nucleus / Donata Oertel -- Chapter 22. Nucleus Laminaris / Edwin W. Rubel -- Section 8. Touch System -- Chapter 23. Spinal Cord: Dorsal Horn / Frederic Nagy -- Section 9. Olfactory System -- Chapter 24. Olfactory Bulb / David C. Willhite -- Chapter 25. Olfactory Cortex / Edi Barkai -- Section 10. Taste System -- Chapter 26. Taste Coding and Feedforward/Feedback Signaling in Taste Buds / Nirupa Chaudhari -- Chapter 27. Microcircuitry of the Rostral Nucleus of the Solitary Tract / Susan P. Travers -- Section 11. Cerebellum -- Chapter 28. Cerebellar Cortex / Masao Ito -- Chapter 29. Olivocerebellar System / Rodolfo R. Llinas -- Section 12. Motor Systems -- Chapter 30. Superior Colliculus / Tadashi Isa -- Chapter 31. The Mammalian Brainstem Chewing Circuitry / James P. Lund -- Chapter 32. The Lamprey Locomotor Central Pattern Generator / Peter Wallen -- Chapter 33. The Mauthner Cell Microcircuits: Sensory Integration Decision Making, and Motor Functions / Henri Korn -- Chapter 34. Modulation of Lamprey Locomotor Circuit / A. El Manira -- Chapter 35. Tadpole Swimming Network / Wenchang Li -- Chapter 36. Spinal Circuit for Escape in Goldfish and Zebrafish / Joseph R. Fetcho -- Chapter 37. Locomotor Circuits in the Developing Rodent Spinal Cord / Kimberly J. Dougherty -- Chapter 38. The Lamprey Postural Circuit / Grigori N. Orlovsky -- Chapter 39. Respiratory Central Pattern Generator / Jack L. Feldman -- Part II. Invertebrates -- Section 1. Visual System -- Chapter 40. Neurons and Circuits Contributing to the Detection of Directional Motion across the Fly's Retina / Nicholas J. Strausfeld -- Chapter 41. The Optic Lamina of Fast Flying Insects as a Guide to Neural Circuit Design / Simon B. Laughlin -- Section 2. Olfactory System -- Chapter 42. Microcircuits for Olfactory Information Processing in the Antennal Lobe of Manduca sexta / John G. Hildebrand -- Chapter 43. Antennal Lobe of the Honeybee / Jurgen Rybak -- Chapter 44. Mushroom Body of the Honeybee / Randolf Menzel -- Section 3. Motor Systems -- Chapter 45. The Tritonia Swim Central Pattern Generator / Paul S. Katz -- Chapter 46. The Heartbeat Neural Control System of the Leech / Ronald L. Calabrese -- Chapter 47. The Leech Local Bending Circuit / William B. Kristan, Jr. -- Chapter 48. Neuronal Circuits That Generate Swimming Movements in Leeches / Wolfgang Otto Friesen -- Chapter 49. The Crustacean Stomatogastric Nervous System / Eve Marder -- Chapter 50. The Swimming Circuit in the Pteropod Mollusc Clione limacina / Grigori N. Orlovsky -- Chapter 51. The Circuit for Chemotaxis and Exploratory Behavior in C. elegans / Cornelia I. Bargmann -- Chapter 52. The Neuronal Circuit for Simple Forms of Learning in Aplysia / Eric R. Kandel.

ISBN

• 9780195389883 (alk. paper)
• 0195389883 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2009053027

OCLC

• ocn494663331
• 494663331
• SCSB-5550853

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries