Computing the brain : a guide to neuroinformatics / edited by Michael A. Arbib, Jeffrey S. Grethe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arbib, Michael A.

Grethe, Jeffrey S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain--Physiology.

Brain.

Neuroinformatics.

Brain--physiology.

Databases, Factual.

Medical Subjects:

Brain--physiology.

Databases, Factual.

Physical Description:

xiii, 380 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Academic Press, [2001]

Summary:

Computing the Brain provides readers with an integrated view of current informatics research related to the field of neuroscience. This book clearly defines the new work being done in neuroinformatics and offers information on resources available on the Web to researchers using this new technology. It contains chapters that should appeal to a multidisciplinary audience with introductory chapters for the nonexpert reader. Neuroscientists will find this book an excellent introduction to informatics technologies and the use of these technologies in their research. Computer scientists will be interested in exploring how these technologies might benefit the neuroscience community. Key Features* An integrated view of neuroinformatics for a multidisciplinary audience* Explores and explains new work being done in neuroinformatics* Cross-disciplinary with chapters for computer scientists and neuroscientists* An excellent tool for graduate students coming to neuroinformatics research from diverse disciplines and for neuroscientists seeking a comprehensive introduction to the subject* Discusses, in-depth, the structuring of masses of data by a variety of computational models* Clearly defines computational neuroscience - the use of computational techniques and metaphors to investigate relations between neural structure and function* Offers a guide to resources and algorithms that can be found on the Web* Written by internationally renowned experts in the field

Contents:

Introduction

Neuroinformatics: the issues

Introduction to databases

Modeling and simulation

Modeling the brain

NSL neural simulation language

EONS: a multi-level modeling system and its applications

Brain imaging and synthetic PET

Databases for neuroscience time series

Repositories for the storage of experimental neuroscience data

Design concepts for neurocore and neuroscience databases

User interaction with neurocore

Atlas-based databases

Interactive brain maps and atlases

Perspective: geographical information systems

Neuroanatomical rat brain viewer (NeuARt)

Neuro slicer: a tool for registering 2-D slice data to 3-D surface atlases

Atlas-based database of neurochemical data

Data management

Federating neuroscience databases

Dynamic classification ontologies

Annotator: annotation technology for the WWW

Management of space in hierarchical storage systems

Summary databases and model repositories

Brain models on the web and the need for summary data

Knowledge mechanics and the neuroscholar project: a new approach to neuroscientific theory

Neurohomology database

Introduction to informix

Neurocore timeseries datablade

USCBP development team

Informix SQL quick reference

USC brain project research personnel

Doctoral theses from the USC brain project (May 1997-August 2).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0120597810

OCLC:

46810976