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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784046903321

Titolo

Bursting [[electronic resource] ] : the genesis of rhythm in the nervous system / / editors, Stephen Coombes, Paul C. Bressloff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific Pub., c2005

ISBN

1-281-89920-8

9786611899202

981-270-323-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (418 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CoombesStephen

BressloffPaul C

Disciplina

612.8/1

Soggetti

Neural transmission

Sensory neurons

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

PREFACE; CONTENTS; PART I: BURSTING AT THE SINGLE CELL LEVEL; CHAPTER 1 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HINDMARSH-ROSE MODEL FOR BURSTING; CHAPTER 2 NEGATIVE CALCIUM FEEDBACK: THE ROAD FROM CHAY-KEIZER; CHAPTER 3 AUTOREGULATION OF BURSTING OF AVP NEURONS OF THE RAT HYPOTHALAMUS; CHAPTER 4 BIFURCATIONS IN THE FAST DYNAMICS OF NEURONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR BURSTING; CHAPTER 5 BURSTING IN 2-COMPARTMENT NEURONS: A CASE STUDY OF THE PINSKY-RINZEL MODEL; CHAPTER 6 GHOSTBURSTING: THE ROLE OF ACTIVE DENDRITES IN ELECTROSENSORY PROCESSING; PART 11: BURSTING AT THE NETWORK LEVEL

CHAPTER 7 ANALYSIS OF CIRCUITS CONTAINING BURSTING NEURONS USING PHASE RESETTING CURVESCHAPTER 8 BURSTING IN COUPLED CELL SYSTEMS; CHAPTER 9 MODULATORY EFFECTS OF COUPLING ON BURSTING MAPS; CHAPTER 10 BEYOND SYNCHRONIZATION: MODULATORY AND BURSTING EMERGENT EFFECTS OF COUPLING IN SQUARE-WAVE; CHAPTER 11 BURSTING IN EXCITATORY NEURAL NETWORKS; CHAPTER 12 OSCILLATORY BURSTING MECHANISMS IN RESPIRATORY PACEMAKER NEURONS AND NETWORKS; CHAPTER 13 GEOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF BURSTING NETWORKS; CHAPTER 14 ELLIPTIC



BURSTERS, DEPOLARIZATION BLOCK, AND WAVES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Neurons in the brain communicate with each other by transmitting sequences of electrical spikes or action potentials. One of the major challenges in neuroscience is to understand the basic physiological mechanisms underlying the complex spatiotemporal patterns of spiking activity observed during normal brain functioning, and to determine the origins of pathological dynamical states such as epileptic seizures and Parkinsonian tremors. A second major challenge is to understand how the patterns of spiking activity provide a substrate for the encoding and transmission of information, that is, how