Preface -- A. Friedman: Introduction to Neurons -- D. Terman: An Introduction to Dynamical Systems and Neuronal Dynamics -- B. Ermentrout: Neural Oscillators -- A. Borisyuk: Physiology and Mathematical Modeling of the Auditory System.This volume introduces some basic theories on computational neuroscience. Chapter 1 is a brief introduction to neurons, tailored to the subsequent chapters. Chapte…
Elements of the Description -- Sources and Filters -- Anatomy of the Vocal Organ -- The Sources of Sound in Birdsong -- The Instructions for the Syrinx -- Complex Oscillations -- Synthesizing Birdsong -- From the Syrinx to the Brain -- Complex Rhythms.In recent years birdsong has developed into an extremely interesting problem for researchers in several branches of the scientific community. The…
The Three Faces of Norepinephrine: Plasticity at the Perforant Path-Dentate Gyrus Synapse -- The Histaminergic System in Brain: Memory and Synaptic Plasticity -- Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity of Rat Hippocampal and Cortical Synapses and Control by Muscarinic Transmission -- Hydrogen Peroxide Regulates Metaplasticity in the Hippocampus -- Neuronal Plasticity and Seizure Spread in the Entorhi…
to Sound Source Localization -- Directional Hearing in Insects -- Sound Source Localization by Fishes -- Directional Hearing in Nonmammalian Tetrapods -- Comparative Mammalian Sound Localization -- Development of the Auditory Centers Responsible for Sound Localization -- Interaural Correlation as the Basis of a Working Model of Binaural Processing: An Introduction -- Models of Sound Localizatio…
Overview: The Present and Future of Pitch -- The Psychophysics of Pitch -- Comparative Aspects of Pitch Perception -- The Neurophysiology of Pitch -- Functional Imaging of Pitch Processing -- Pitch Perception Models -- Perception of Pitch by People with Cochlear Hearing Loss and by Cochlear Implant Users -- Pitch and Auditory Grouping -- Effect of Context on the Perception of Pitch Structures.A…
The Geometry of Natural Scenes -- Line Length -- Angles -- Size -- Distance -- The Müller-Lyer Illusion -- The Poggendorff Illusion -- Implications.Understanding vision, whether from a neurobiological, psychological or philosophical perspective, represents a daunting challenge that has been pursued for millennia. During at least the last few centuries, natural philosophers, and more recently v…
Biology of the NPY family of peptides, their receptors and processing enzymes -- Evolutionary perspective on the NPY-PYY-PP peptides and their receptors -- Function, distribution and molecular pharmacology of NPY-family receptors -- NPY processing in neuronal and non-neuronal tissues by proconvertases -- Dipeptidyl-peptidase IV and aminopeptidase P: molecular switches of NPY/PYY receptor affini…
Molecular Biology of Tumors -- Brain Tumors -- Immunophenotypic Characterization of Infiltrating Poly- and Mononuclear Cells in Childhood Brain Tumors -- Anti-Neoplastic Biological Therapies -- Experimental Therapies in Brain Tumors -- Biologic Anti-Neoplastic Therapies -- The Lymphokine Activeted Killer (LAK) Cell Phenomenon -- Angiogenesis Inhibition in Anti-Neoplastic Therapy -- Antigen Pres…
Seeing: Blazing Processing Characteristics -- Category Representation and Recognition Evolvement -- Neuroscientific Inspiration -- Neuromorphic Tools -- Insight From Line Drawings Studies -- Retina Circuits Signaling and Propagating Contours -- The Symmetric-Axis Transform -- Motion Detection -- Neuromorphic Architectures: Pieces and Proposals -- Shape Recognition with Contour Propagation Field…
The Central Auditory System: A Functional Analysis -- Neuronal Organization in the Inferior Colliculus -- Projections from the Cochlear Nuclear Complex to the Inferior Colliculus -- Superior Olivary Complex and Lateral Lemniscal Connections of the Auditory Midbrain -- Intrinsic and Commissural Connections of the Inferior Colliculus -- Descending Connections of the Auditory Midbrain -- The Tecto…