TY - BOOK AU - Abeles,Moshe TI - Corticonics: neural circuits of the cerebral cortex SN - 9780511574566 (ebook) AV - QP363.3 .A24 1991 U1 - 612.8/25 20 PY - 1991/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Neural circuitry KW - Neural networks (Neurobiology) KW - Cerebral cortex KW - Computer simulation N1 - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) N2 - Understanding how the brain works is probably the greatest scientific and intellectual challenge of our generation. The cerebral cortex is the instrument by which we carry the most complex mental functions. Fortunately, there exists an immense body of knowledge concerning both cortical structure and the properties of single neurons in the cortex. With the advent of the supercomputer, there has been increased interest in neural network modeling. What is needed is a new approach to an understanding of the mammalian cerebral cortex that will provide a link between the physiological description and the computer model. This book meets that need by combining anatomy, physiology, and modeling to achieve a quantitative description of cortical function. The material is presented didactically, starting with descriptive anatomy and comprehensively examining all aspects of modeling. The book gradually leads the reader from the macroscopic cortical anatomy and standard electrophysiological properties of single neurons to neural network models and synfire chains. The most modern trends in neural network modeling are explored UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511574566 ER -