Methods in Neuronal Modeling - 2nd Edition: From Ions to Networks (Computational Neuroscience) Review

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(More customer reviews)Great book for the theorist and experimentalist! I used the section on Epilepsy and the Neural Code for a grant I wrote. This book is a great reference and time spent reading it is very well rewarded. I bought the 1st & 2nd editions which are very different. Both editions are worth buying if one is involved with computer modeling, computation, mathematics, and plain old fashion recording neurophysiology.

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Much research focuses on the question of how information is processed innervous systems, from the level of individual ionic channels to large-scale neuronalnetworks, and from "simple" animals such as sea slugs and flies to cats andprimates. New interdisciplinary methodologies combine a bottom-up experimentalmethodology with the more top-down-driven computational and modeling approach. Thisbook serves as a handbook of computational methods and techniques for modeling thefunctional properties of single and groups of nerve cells.The contributors highlightseveral key trends: (1) the tightening link between analytical/numerical models andthe associated experimental data, (2) the broadening of modeling methods, at boththe subcellular level and the level of large neuronal networks that incorporate realbiophysical properties of neurons as well as the statistical properties of spiketrains, and (3) the organization of the data gained by physical emulation of thenervous system components through the use of very large scale circuit integration(VLSI) technology.The field of neuroscience has grown dramatically since the firstedition of this book was published nine years ago. Half of the chapters of thesecond edition are completely new; the remaining ones have all been thoroughlyrevised. Many chapters provide an opportunity for interactive tutorials andsimulation programs. They can be accessed via Christof Koch's Website.Contributors :Larry F. Abbott, Paul R. Adams, Hagai Agmon-Snir, James M. Bower, Robert E. Burke,Erik de Schutter, Alain Destexhe, Rodney Douglas, Bard Ermentrout, FabrizioGabbiani, David Hansel, Michael Hines, Christof Koch, Misha Mahowald, Zachary F.Mainen, Eve Marder, Michael V. Mascagni, Alexander D. Protopapas, Wilfrid Rall, JohnRinzel, Idan Segev, Terrence J. Sejnowski, Shihab Shamma, Arthur S. Sherman, PaulSmolen, Haim Sompolinsky, Michael Vanier, Walter M. Yamada.

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