Synergetics Of The Brain: Proceedings Of The International Symposium On Synergetics At Schloß Elmau, Bavaria, May 2 – 7, 1983 (springer Series In Synergetics)

Synergetics may be considered as an interdisciplinary effort dealing with the gene­ ral problem of how science can cope with complex systems. The preceding symposia on synergetics were devoted to systems of physics, chemistry and partly also biolo­ gy and sociology. It was possible to develop adequate concepts to describe and even to calculate evolving macroscopic spatial, temporal, and functional structures which emerge through self-organization of the individual parts of the systems under con­ sideration. This book contains the invited papers presented at the Symposium on the Synerge­ tics of the brain, Schloss Elmau, Bavaria, May 2 to 7, 1983. The inclusion of this topic in the synergetics enterprise represents a big step towards a treatment of complex systems. Most probably the human brain is the most complex system we know of. As the organizers believe, this symposium provides the reader with a good cross section of experimental results and theoretical approaches to cope with the complex problems of structure and function of the brain. It was generally felt that such a joint meeting between experimentalists and theoreticians is of great importance for future development of this field. Modern experimental methods, e. g. multielectrode derivations allow or will allow us, in short, to collect huge amounts of data. Simi­ larly high-speed computers will flood us with an enormous number of outputs once the basic model equations have been chosen. Front Matter....Pages I-VIII Introductory Remarks....Pages 1-2 Synopsis and Introduction....Pages 3-25 Front Matter....Pages 27-27 Evidence for Synergetic Dynamics in a Mammalian Pituitary Cell Perifusion System....Pages 155-162 Opiomelanocortins, Learning and Memory: Significance of Multiple Behavioural Information in One Polypeptide Molecule....Pages 163-173 A Multi-Electrode Matrix for Studies of Temporal Signal Correlations Within Neural Assemblies....Pages 174-182 Synergetics of Neuronal Populations. A Survey on Experiments....Pages 183-200 Vertical and Tangential Organization in the Neocortex....Pages 28-41 Cell Biological Aspects of Neuronal Communication: Trophic Interactions in the Developing and Adult Nervous System....Pages 42-47 Self-Organization in Synaptogenesis: Interaction Between the Formation of Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses....Pages 50-59 Control of Plastic Processes....Pages 60-74 Reorganization of Neuronal Circuitry in the Vestibular System Following Unilateral Labyrinthine Removal....Pages 75-88 Neuronal Activity as a Shaping Factor in the Self-Organization of Neuron Assemblies....Pages 89-101 Dynamics of Image Formation by Nerve Cell Assemblies....Pages 102-121 Auto-Adaptive Control of Central Plasticity: Observations and Speculations....Pages 122-138 Molecular Aspects of Cell Membranes as Substrates for Interaction with Electromagnetic Fields....Pages 201-211 Neurodynamics of the Oculomotor System: Space-Time Recoding and a Non-Equilibrium Phase Transition....Pages 139-152 Front Matter....Pages 213-213 Pattern Selection in Cellular Structures....Pages 214-226 Nonstationary Structures — Chaos and Order....Pages 227-237 How are Nervous Structures Organized?....Pages 238-249 Cooperation and Competition in Central Nervous System Development: A Unifying Approach....Pages 250-263 Front Matter....Pages 213-213 Representation of Information in Spatial Maps which are Produced by Self-Organization....Pages 264-273 Neural Substrates of Binocular Form Perception: Filtering, Matching, Diffusion, and Resonance....Pages 274-298 Cooperative Neural Processes in Amphibian Visual Prey Recognition....Pages 299-310 A Comparative Analysis of Structure and Chaos in Models of Single Nerve Cells and Circadian Rhythms....Pages 311-327 The Role of Chaos in Reliable Information Processing....Pages 330-344 Solitons and Bioenergetics....Pages 345-351 Theoretical Psychopathology: An Application of Dynamical Systems Theory to Human Behavior....Pages 352-364 From Chemical Homology to Topological Temperature: A Notion Relating the Structure and Function of Brain Polypeptides....Pages 365-376 Back Matter....Pages 377-380