عنوان

How do brains work? :

شابک

1468494279

شابک

9781468494273

شماره

b542949

عنوان اصلي

How do brains work? :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

papers of a comparative neurophysiologist.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

[Place of publication not identified]

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Birkhauser

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2013

متن يادداشت

1 Goals and Strategies in Brain Research: The Place of Comparative Neurology.- I Integration in the Neurons.- 2 Mechanisms of Integration: What Parameters Control Output as Function of Input?.- 3 Graded Signals: Is the All-Or-None Law Exceptional? Why Spikes?.- 4 Codes in the Neurons: How is Information Represented in Brain Tissue?.- 5 Reliability and Redundancy of Neurons: Can We Distinguish Probabilistic, Stochastic, and Noisy Processes?.- [46-2] A preparation for the physiological study of the unit synapse.- [56-6] Measurement of imposed voltage gradient adequate to modulate neuronal firing.- [57-4] Intracellular recording from the giant synapse of the squid.- [57-5] Diverse forms of activity in the somata of spontaneous and integrating ganglion cells.- [59-1] Neuron doctrine and electrophysiology.- [60-1] Modulation of activity of one neuron by subthreshold slow potentials in another in lobster cardiac ganglion.- [64-4] Pacemaker neurons: Effects of regularly spaced synaptic input.- 6 Circuitry and Beyond: How Far Does Connectivity Get Us?.- 7 Equivalence Sets: How Many Kinds of Nerve Cells Are There?.- II Transduction and Reception as Models of Brain Mechanisms.- [52-3] Physiology of an infrared receptor: The facial pit of pit vipers.- [61-4] Evidence for a category of electroreceptors in the lateral line of gymnotid fishes.- [65-5] Further analysis of sensory coding in electroreceptors of electric fish.- [73-2] Coding properties of two classes of afferent nerve fibers: High-frequency electroreceptors in the electric fish.- [74-2] An essay on the discovery of sensory receptors and the assignment of their functions together with an introduction to electroreceptors.- [89-4] Lateral line research: Prospects and opportunities.- III Central Systems and Higher Level Integration.- 8 Recognition: Are There Multiple Mechanisms for Filtering Complex Stimuli?.- 9 Expectation: Is Stimulus-Specific Apparent Anticipation a Sign of Higher Function?.- [64-3] Functional organization of receptive fields of move- ment detecting neurons in the frog's retina.- [67-2] Discrimination among temporal patterns of stimulation in a computer model of a coelenterate nerve net.- [77-6] Neuronal mechanisms for object discrimination in the weakly electric fish Eigenmannia virescens.- [82-9] The sensory functions of the cerebellum of the thornback ray, Platyrhinoidis triseriata.- [84-13] Cerebellum mediates modality-specific modulation of sensory responses of midbrain and forebrain in rat.- [89-3] Physiology of lateral line mechanoreceptive regions in the elasmobranch brain.- IV Compound Field Potentials.- 10 Brain Waves: Is Synchrony a Sign of Higher Function? Is the EEG Basically Rhythmic?.- [45-2] Problems in the comparative study of brain waves.- [83-4] Electrical signs of activity in assemblies of neurons: Compound field potentials as objects of study in their own right.- [88-4] Comparison of ongoing compound field potentials in the brains of invertebrates and vertebrates.- [89-8] Lateral coherence of the electrocorticogram: A new measure of brain synchrony.- 11 Evoked and Event-Related Potentials: Has Evolution Altered Assembly Responses?.- [72-2] Evoked potentials in the central auditory system of alert porpoises to their own and artificial sounds.- [79-5] Acoustic evoked activity in the brain in sharks.- [81-7] Auditory brainstem response in dolphins.- [81-6] Neuroethology deserves more study of evoked responses.- [82-6] Auditory brainstem response in five vertebrate classes.- V Neuroethology and the Evolution of Brain and Behavior.- 12 Neuroethology: What Does It Mean for General Neurobiology?.- [61-1] The origins of patterned discharge.- [72-5] The jamming avoidance response of high frequency electric fish. II. Quantitative aspects.- [83-5] Neuroethological role of dynamic traits of excitable cells: A proposal for the physiological basis of slothfulness in the sloth.- [86-7] Significance of findings on electroreception for general neurobiology.- 13 Evolution of the Nervous System: What's So Special About Brains?.- [83-7] The phylogenetic distribution of electroreception: Evidence for convergent evolution of a primitive vertebrate sense modality.- [84-6] Comparative neuroscience holds promise for quiet revolutions.- [86-6] `Simple' model systems need comparative studies: Differences are as important as commonalities.- 14 Comparative Cognition: What Measures of Capacities Can Apply to Diverse Species?.- [82-2] Afterthoughts on animal minds.- [84-8] The application of scientific evidence to the issues of use of animals in research: The evolutionary dimension in the problem of animal awareness.- Bibliography of Theodore Holmes Bullock.- Bibliography of Associates.- Permissions.

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نشانه اثر

نام الکترونيکي

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[Book]

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Y