Nervous System Theory

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart One: Single Cell Responses Chapter 1. Introduction References Chapter 2. The Resting Potential References Chapter 3. Cable Theory and Passive Conduction References Chapter 4. Passive Responses in Dendrites Model for a Small Patch of Membrane Dendritic Branching References Chapter 5. The Action Potential References Chapter 6. Graded Responses in Active Membranes Subthreshold Oscillations Graded Pulses Conclusion References Chapter 7. Synaptic Communication References Chapter 8. Reduced Neuron Models Neuron Firing Statistics Input Statistics Output Statistics The Neuron as a Decision Element A Logic Model of Neural Activity References Chapter 9. Probabilistic Logic of Formal Neuron Networks Model Neurons Component Reliability Majority Unit Networks Multiplex Systems References Chapter 10. ConclusionPart Two: Information Processing in a Sensory Pathway Chapter 11. Introduction Chapter 12. Information Input Statistics Increment Thresholds Information Acquisition by Sampling References Chapter 13. The Visual Pathway—Preliminaries of Structure and Function References Chapter 14. The Visual Pathway—Response Patterns and Receptive Fields Peripheral Responses Responses at Intermediate and Central Stations References Chapter 15. Receptive Fields and Dendritic Trees References Chapter 16. Analog Networks References Chapter 17. ConclusionPart Three: Models of Perceptual Function Chapter 18. Introduction Chapter 19. Visual Adaptation and Related Topics The Effective Stimulus on the Retina Retinal Thresholds Pyschophysics of Adaptation Retinal Cell Responses A Proposal for a Model of the Retina Receptor Thresholds Further Consideration of Nerve Signals and Psychophysics References Chapter 20. A Model for Size Estimation References Chapter 21. Binocular Space Perception References Chapter 22. Conclusion ReferencesPart Four: Some General Considerations Chapter 23. Introduction Chapter 24. Higher Brain Function and Organization The Cerebral Cortex Functional Columns in the Cerebral Cortex "Computing" in the Cerebellum References Chapter 25. Reliability: Computation in the Cerebellum References Chapter 26. Convergence, Divergence, and Related Topics Single Cells and Groups of Cells Implications of Overlap Levels of Information Processing References Chapter 27. ConclusionAuthor IndexSubject Index