Neural Network Dynamics

Neural Network Dynamics
Author: J.G. Taylor
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 388
Release: 1992-10-12
Genre: Computers
ISBN:

Neural Network Dynamics is the latest volume in the Perspectives in Neural Computing series. It contains papers presented at the 1991 Workshop on Complex Dynamics in Neural Networks, held at IIASS in Vietri, Italy. The workshop encompassed a wide range of topics in which neural networks play a fundamental role, and aimed to bridge the gap between neural computation and computational neuroscience. The papers - which have been updated where necessary to include new results - are divided into four sections, covering the foundations of neural network dynamics, oscillatory neural networks, as well as scientific and biological applications of neural networks. Among the topics discussed are: A general analysis of neural network activity; Descriptions of various network architectures and nodes; Correlated neuronal firing; A theoretical framework for analyzing the behaviour of real and simulated neuronal networks; The structural properties of proteins; Nuclear phenomenology; Resonance searches in high energy physics; The investigation of information storage; Visual cortical architecture; Visual processing. Neural Network Dynamics is the first volume to cover neural networks and computational neuroscience in such detail. Although it is primarily aimed at researchers and postgraduate students in the above disciplines, it will also be of interest to researchers in electrical engineering, medicine, psychology and philosophy.

The Functional Role of Critical Dynamics in Neural Systems

The Functional Role of Critical Dynamics in Neural Systems
Author: Nergis Tomen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2019-07-23
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3030209652

This book offers a timely overview of theories and methods developed by an authoritative group of researchers to understand the link between criticality and brain functioning. Cortical information processing in particular and brain function in general rely heavily on the collective dynamics of neurons and networks distributed over many brain areas. A key concept for characterizing and understanding brain dynamics is the idea that networks operate near a critical state, which offers several potential benefits for computation and information processing. However, there is still a large gap between research on criticality and understanding brain function. For example, cortical networks are not homogeneous but highly structured, they are not in a state of spontaneous activation but strongly driven by changing external stimuli, and they process information with respect to behavioral goals. So far the questions relating to how critical dynamics may support computation in this complex setting, and whether they can outperform other information processing schemes remain open. Based on the workshop “Dynamical Network States, Criticality and Cortical Function", held in March 2017 at the Hanse Institute for Advanced Studies (HWK) in Delmenhorst, Germany, the book provides readers with extensive information on these topics, as well as tools and ideas to answer the above-mentioned questions. It is meant for physicists, computational and systems neuroscientists, and biologists.

Neuronal Dynamics

Neuronal Dynamics
Author: Wulfram Gerstner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 591
Release: 2014-07-24
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1107060834

This solid introduction uses the principles of physics and the tools of mathematics to approach fundamental questions of neuroscience.

Cognitive Changes of the Aging Brain

Cognitive Changes of the Aging Brain
Author: Kenneth M. Heilman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2019-12-05
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1108453600

Examines the alterations of cognition, perception, and behavior that occur with healthy brain aging, their mechanisms, and their management.

Models of the Visual Cortex

Models of the Visual Cortex
Author: David Rose
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 616
Release: 1985
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

A comprehensive and stimulating study which presents the views of 71 leading theorists on the underlying mechanisms and functions of the primary visual cortex.

Inhibitory Synaptic Plasticity

Inhibitory Synaptic Plasticity
Author: Melanie A. Woodin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2010-11-02
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1441969780

This volume will explore the most recent findings on cellular mechanisms of inhibitory plasticity and its functional role in shaping neuronal circuits, their rewiring in response to experience, drug addiction and in neuropathology. Inhibitory Synaptic Plasticity will be of particular interest to neuroscientists and neurophysiologists.

Translational Neuroimaging

Translational Neuroimaging
Author: Robert A. McArthur
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2012-10-26
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0123869455

This book covers methodical issues in human and animal neuroimaging translational research as well as detailed applied examples of the use of neuroimaging in neuropsychiatric disorders and the development of drugs for their treatment. Offering an accompanying website with illustrations and text available for further knowledge and presentations, Translational Neuroimaging: Tools for CNS Drug Discovery, Development and Treatment appeals to non-clinical and clinical neuroscientists working in and studying neuropsychiatric disorders and their treatment as well as providing the novice researcher or researcher outside of his/her expertise the opportunity to understand the background of translational research and the use of imaging in this field. Provides a background to translational research and the use of brain imaging in neuropsychiatric disorders.

Fast Oscillations in Cortical Circuits

Fast Oscillations in Cortical Circuits
Author: Roger D. Traub
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 1999
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780262201186

In Fast Oscillations in Cortical Circuits, the authors use a combination of electrophysiological and computer modeling techniques to analyze how large networks of neurons can produce both epileptic seizures and functionally relevant synchronized oscillations.

Neural Fields

Neural Fields
Author: Stephen Coombes
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2014-06-17
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3642545939

Neural field theory has a long-standing tradition in the mathematical and computational neurosciences. Beginning almost 50 years ago with seminal work by Griffiths and culminating in the 1970ties with the models of Wilson and Cowan, Nunez and Amari, this important research area experienced a renaissance during the 1990ties by the groups of Ermentrout, Robinson, Bressloff, Wright and Haken. Since then, much progress has been made in both, the development of mathematical and numerical techniques and in physiological refinement und understanding. In contrast to large-scale neural network models described by huge connectivity matrices that are computationally expensive in numerical simulations, neural field models described by connectivity kernels allow for analytical treatment by means of methods from functional analysis. Thus, a number of rigorous results on the existence of bump and wave solutions or on inverse kernel construction problems are nowadays available. Moreover, neural fields provide an important interface for the coupling of neural activity to experimentally observable data, such as the electroencephalogram (EEG) or functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). And finally, neural fields over rather abstract feature spaces, also called dynamic fields, found successful applications in the cognitive sciences and in robotics. Up to now, research results in neural field theory have been disseminated across a number of distinct journals from mathematics, computational neuroscience, biophysics, cognitive science and others. There is no comprehensive collection of results or reviews available yet. With our proposed book Neural Field Theory, we aim at filling this gap in the market. We received consent from some of the leading scientists in the field, who are willing to write contributions for the book, among them are two of the founding-fathers of neural field theory: Shun-ichi Amari and Jack Cowan.

Principles of Brain Dynamics

Principles of Brain Dynamics
Author: Mikhail I. Rabinovich
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2023-12-05
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0262549905

Experimental and theoretical approaches to global brain dynamics that draw on the latest research in the field. The consideration of time or dynamics is fundamental for all aspects of mental activity—perception, cognition, and emotion—because the main feature of brain activity is the continuous change of the underlying brain states even in a constant environment. The application of nonlinear dynamics to the study of brain activity began to flourish in the 1990s when combined with empirical observations from modern morphological and physiological observations. This book offers perspectives on brain dynamics that draw on the latest advances in research in the field. It includes contributions from both theoreticians and experimentalists, offering an eclectic treatment of fundamental issues. Topics addressed range from experimental and computational approaches to transient brain dynamics to the free-energy principle as a global brain theory. The book concludes with a short but rigorous guide to modern nonlinear dynamics and their application to neural dynamics.