Advances in neural population coding / edited by Miguel A.L. Nicolelis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nicolelis, Miguel A. L.

Series:

Progress in brain research 0079-6123 ; v. 130.

Progress in brain research, 0079-6123 ; v. 130

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neural networks (Neurobiology).

Neurons.

Nerve Net--physiology.

Nervous System Physiological Phenomena.

Neurophysiology--methods.

Perception--physiology.

Medical Subjects:

Nerve Net--physiology.

Nervous System Physiological Phenomena.

Neurophysiology--methods.

Perception--physiology.

Physical Description:

xiii, 362 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 2001.

Summary:

Neuronal plasticity has emerged as a major theme of modern neurobiology for good reason - from cellular and molecular mechanisms of synapse formation in insects and worms to behavioral recovery in stroke patients - the implications are broad-ranging. This volume in the prestigious Progress in Brain Research series focuses on neuroplasticity in mature organisms, covering topics such as neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity in the adult primate brain, neural mechanisms for learning and memory, and the influence of environmental factors and aging on the functional potential of the central nervous system. This book also provides challenging evidence that the use of stem cell neurotherapy may be beneficial to humans suffering from various neurological and psychiatric diseases. Integrating new information on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of neuroplasticity while highlighting difficult future questions makes this an exciting and timely addition to this dynamic field of research.

Contents:

Section I. The history of population coding

1. Population coding: a historical sketch / J.T. McIlwain 3

2. The evolution and implications of population and modular neural coding ideas / R.P. Erickson 9

Section II. New approaches to investigate population coding

3. Overcoming the limitations of correlation analysis for many simultaneously processed neural structures / L.A. Baccala, K. Sameshima 33

4. Distributed processing in cultured neuronal networks / S.M. Potter 49

5. Long-term chronic multichannel recordings from sensorimotor cortex and thalamus of primates / N. Jain, H.-X. Qi, J.H. Kaas 63

Section III. Population coding in sensory systems

6. Temporal and spatial coding in the rat vibrissal system / E. Ahissar, M. Zacksenhouse 75

7. Thalamocortical and corticocortical interactions in the somatosensory system / M.A.L. Nicolelis, M. Shuler 89

8. Synchronization and assembly formation in the visual cortex / W.A. Freiwald, A.K. Kreiter, W. Singer 111

9. Divergence and reconvergence: multielectrode analysis of feedforward connections in the visual system / R.C. Reid 141

10. Comparative population analysis of cortical representations in parametric spaces of visual field and skin: a unifying role for nonlinear interactions as a basis for active information processing across modalities / H.R. Dinse, D. Jancke 155

11. Coordinate transformations in the visual system: how to generate gain fields and what to compute with them / E. Salinas, L.F. Abbott 175

12. Exploring olfactory population coding using an artificial olfactory system / J. White, J.S. Kauer 191

13. Neural population coding in the auditory system / E. Covey 205

14. Population coding in the auditory cortex / B.H. Gaese 221

Section IV. Population coding in motor systems

15. Representations based on neuronal interactions in motor cortex / N.G. Hatsopoulos, M.T. Harrison, J.P. Donoghue 233

16. Connectionist contributions to population coding in the motor cortex / S.L. Moody, S.P. Wise 245

17. Distributed processing in the motor system: spinal cord perspective / Y. Prut, S.I. Perlmutter, E.E. Fetz 267

18. Coding in the granular layer of the cerebellum / E. De Schutter, J.G. Bjaalie 279

19. The cerebellum as a neuronal prosthesis machine / J.P. Welsh, C. Schwarz, Y. Garbourg 297

Section V. Population coding and learning

20. Do sleeping birds sing? Population coding and learning in the bird song system / D. Margoliash 319

21. Accuracy and learning in neuronal populations / K. Zhang, T.J. Sejnowski 333

Section VI. Population coding and higher cognitive functions

22. What ensemble recordings reveal about functional hippocampal cell encoding / R.E. Hampson, J.D. Simeral, S.A. Deadwyler 345.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

044450110X

OCLC:

46359910