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The self-organizing brain : from growth cones to functional networks : proceedings of the 18th International Summer School of Brain Research, held at the University of Amsterdam and the Academic Medical Center (The Netherlands) from 23 to 27 August 1993
- Title
- The self-organizing brain : from growth cones to functional networks : proceedings of the 18th International Summer School of Brain Research, held at the University of Amsterdam and the Academic Medical Center (The Netherlands) from 23 to 27 August 1993 / edited by J. van Pelt [and others].
- Author
- International Summer School of Brain Research (18th : 1993 : University of Amsterdam and Academic Medical Center)
- Publication
- Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1994.
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- Additional Authors
- Pelt, J. van (Jaap)
- Description
- xvi, 446 pages : illustrations; 27 cm.
- Series Statement
- Progress in brain research ; v. 102
- Uniform Title
- Progress in brain research ; v. 102.
- Subject
- Neural networks (Neurobiology) > Congresses
- Neurons > Growth > Congresses
- Self-organizing systems > Congresses
- Brain > anatomy & histology
- Brain > physiology
- Nerve Net > physiology
- Neurons > physiology
- Neural networks (Neurobiology)
- Neurons > Growth
- Self-organizing systems
- Neurobiologie > Actes de congrès
- Encéphale > Actes de congrès
- Neurones > croissance et développement > Actes de congrès
- Neurones > physiologie > Actes de congrès
- Réseau nerveux > physiologie > Actes de congrès
- Entwicklung
- Gehirn
- Nervennetz
- Kongress
- Hersenen
- Neurale netwerken
- Neuronen
- Neurobiologie > Congrès
- Cerveau > Croissance > Congrès
- Neurones > Croissance > Congrès
- Réseaux neuronaux (physiologie) > Congrès
- Systèmes auto-organisés > Congrès
- Genre/Form
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Konferenzschrift – 1993 – Amsterdam.
- Congressen (vorm)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Reciprocity of structure-function relations in developing neural networks: the odyssey of a self-organizing brain through research fads, fallacies and prospects -- From growth cone to neuron -- Growth cone dynamics and neuritic outgrowth -- Growth cone motility: substratum-bound molecules, cytoplasmic [Ca²] and Ca²-regulated proteins -- Filopodia as detectors of environmental cues: signal integration through changes in growth cone calcium levels -- Microtubule transport and assembly cooperate to generate the microtubule assay of growing axons -- Initial tract formation in the vertebrate brain -- Dynamic mechanisms of neuronal outgrowth -- Geometrical and topological characteristics in the dendritic development of cortical pyramidal and non-pyramidal neurons -- Morphology, excitability and signal processing -- Electrotonic properties of passive dendritic trees: effect of dendritic topology -- Exploring the computational capabilities of single neurons by continuous cable modelling -- Development of voltage-dependent and ligand-gated channels in excitable membranes.
- (cont) Theoretical models for describing neural signal transduction -- Intrinsic neuronal physiology and the functions, dysfunctions and development of neocortex -- From neuron to network -- Functional activity and other formative factors -- Development of projection neurons of the mammalian cerebral cortex -- Naturally occurring and axotomy-induced motoneuron death and its prevention by neurotrophic agents: a comparison between chick and mouse -- Synaptic development of cerebral cortex: implications for learning, memory and mental illness -- Activity-dependent neurite outgrowth and neural network development -- [gamma]-aminobutyric acid (GABA): a fast excitatory transmitter which may regulate the development of hippocampal neurones in early postnatal life -- Sensory stimulation and cortical maturation -- Regulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor function during the rearrangement of developing neuronal connections -- Role of the visual environment in the formation of receptive fields according to the BCM theory -- Models of activity-dependent neural development.
- Role of chaotic dynamics in neural plasticity -- Neural networks in the brain involved in memory and recall -- Categories of cortical structure -- Neural network dynamics -- Dynamics of local neuronal networks: control parameters and state bifurcations in epileptogenesis -- Non-linear dynamics in neural networks -- Are there unifying principles underlying the generation of epileptic afterdischarges in vitro -- Synchronization in neuronal transmission and its importance for information processing -- Oscillatory and non-oscillatory synchronizations in the visual cortex and their possible roles in associations of visual features ...
- ISBN
- 0444818197
- 9780444818195
- 0444801049
- 9780444801043
- LCCN
- 94023440
- OCLC
- ocm31077225
- 31077225
- SCSB-2048607
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library