عمل جمعی در سیستم عصبی: بررسی پایه‌های نوروفیزیولوژیکی رفتار سازگار از طریق EEG

Mass Action in the Nervous System: Examination of the Neurophysiological Basis of Adaptive Behavior through the EEG focuses on the neural mechanisms and the behavioral significance of the electroencephalogram, with emphasis on observations made on the mammalian olfactory system. Organized into seven chapters, this book begins with a brief nonmathematical review of the concept of the neuron and the interrelations among neurons that lead to the formation of interactive masses. Some chapters follow on the linear properties of neurons and their parts; the ionic hypothesis; the nonlinear input-output relations of neurons in masses expressed in terms of amplitude-dependent coefficients in linear differential equations; and the relations between the states of activity of neurons. Subsequent chapters describe the properties resulting from feedback within neural masses; the effects of the nonlinearities in the input-output relations of neurons on the behavior of masses; and some inferences concerning the mechanisms of neural signal processing at the level of neural masses. The book is a model for an advanced text in neurophysiology, and some understanding is assumed of the elements of the fields of linear analysis, probability, statistics, theory of potential, neuroanatomy, electrophysiology, neuropharmacology, and experimental psychology. Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Dedication , Page v Preface , Pages xi-xii Acknowledgments , Page xiii Notation , Pages xv-xx CHAPTER 1 - Topological Properties , Pages 1-50 CHAPTER 2 - Time-Dependent Properties , Pages 51-120 CHAPTER 3 - Amplitude-Dependent Properties , Pages 121-171 CHAPTER 4 - Space-Dependent Properties of Neurons , Pages 172-269 CHAPTER 5 - Interaction: Single Feedback Loops with Fixed Gain , Pages 270-341 CHAPTER 6 - Multiple Feedback Loops with Variable Gain , Pages 342-401 CHAPTER 7 - Signal Processing by Neural Mass Actions , Pages 402-461 References , Pages 462-472 Author Index , Pages 473-476 Subject Index , Pages 477-489