- Good overview of the emerging field of systems neuroscience
- Looks at processing sensory information, neural networks, and high-level mental functions
- Looks at pathologies and diseases from a systems biology perspective
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- About this book
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This edition of Advances in Neurobiology brings together experts in the emerging field of Systems Neuroscience to present an overview of this area of research. Topics covered include: how different neural circuits analyze sensory information, form perceptions of the external world, make decisions, and execute movements; how nerve cells behave when connected together to form neural networks; the relationship between molecular and cellular approaches to understanding brain structure and function; the study of high-level mental functions; and studying brain pathologies and diseases with Systems Neuroscience. A hierarchy of biological complexity arises from the genome, transcriptome, proteome, organelles, cells, synapses, circuits, brain regions, the whole brain, and behaviour. The best way to study the brain, the most complex organ in the body composed of 100 billion cells with trillions of interconnections, is with a Systems Biology approach. Systems biology is an inter-disciplinary field that focuses on complex interactions within biological systems to reveal 'emergent properties' - properties of cells and groups of cells functioning as a system whose actual and theoretical description is only possible using Systems Biology techniques.
- Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Neuronal Bases of Systemic Organization of Behavior
Pages 1-33
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Neural Circuits Mediating Fear Learning and Extinction
Pages 35-48
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The Hippocampal Ensemble Code for Spatial Navigation and Episodic Memory
Pages 49-70
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Context-Dependent Adjustments in Executive Control of Goal-Directed Behaviour: Contribution of Frontal Brain Areas to Conflict-Induced Behavioural Adjustments in Primates
Pages 71-83
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Synaptic Excitatory-Inhibitory Balance Underlying Efficient Neural Coding
Pages 85-100
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Systems Neuroscience
- Editors
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- Albert Cheung-Hoi YU
- Lina Li
- Series Title
- Advances in Neurobiology
- Series Volume
- 21
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-94593-4
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-94593-4
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-94591-0
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-06880-6
- Series ISSN
- 2190-5215
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 307
- Number of Illustrations
- 19 b/w illustrations, 32 illustrations in colour
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