The Neurobiology of Computation : Proceedings of the Third Annual Computation and Neural Systems Conference

This volume includes papers presented at the Third Annual Computation and Neural Systems meeting (CNS\*94) held in Monterey California, July 21 - July 26, 1994. This collection includes 71 of the more than 100 papers presented at this year's meeting. Acceptance for meeting presentation was based on the peer review of preliminary papers by at least two referees. The papers in this volume were submitted in final form after the meeting. As represented by this volume, CNS meetings continue to expand in quality, size and breadth of focus as increasing numbers of neuroscientists are taking a computational approach to understanding nervous system function. The CNS meetings are intended to showcase the best of current research in computational neuroscience. As such the meeting is fundamentally focused on understanding the relationship between the structure of neIVOUS systems and their function. What is clear from the continued expansion of the CNS meetings is that computational approaches are increasingly being applied at all levels of neurobiological analysis. in an ever growing number of experimental preparations. and neural subsystems. Thus. experimental subjects range from crickets to primates; sensory systems range from vision to electroreception; experimental approaches range from realistic models of ion channels to the analysis of the information content of spike trains. For this reason, the eNS meetings represent an opportunity for computational neurobiologists to consider their research results in a much broader context than is usually possible. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 A Mathematical Description of Quantal Analysis with Applications....Pages 3-7 Fast Kinetic Models for Simulating AMPA, NMDA, GABA A and GABA B Receptors....Pages 9-14 An Equilibrium Model of Biochemical Interactions Between Glutamatergic and Dopaminergic Signals in Striatal Neurons....Pages 15-20 Simulation of the Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Neurotransmitter Release....Pages 21-26 The Potassium A-Current and Low Firing Rates in Hodgkin-Huxley Models....Pages 27-32 Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Estimation Errors from Using Ratio of Bound to Unbound Ca 2+ ....Pages 33-38 Front Matter....Pages 39-39 Information Maintenance by Retinal Ganglion Cell Spikes....Pages 41-46 Modeling the Bursting Interneurons of the Lobster Cardiac Ganglion....Pages 47-52 Precision and Reliability of Neocortical Spike Trains in the Behaving Monkey....Pages 53-58 Summation and Division in V1 Simple Cells....Pages 59-65 Qualitative Electrotonic Comparison of Three Classes of Hippocampal Neurons in the Rat....Pages 67-72 A New Spike Train Analysis Technique for Detecting Trends in the Firing Patterns of Neurons....Pages 73-78 A Mathematical Model of Retinal Photoreceptors....Pages 79-85 Short-Term Memory as a Single Cell Phenomenon....Pages 87-92 The Importance of Membrane Properties and Synaptic Location in Octopus Cells of the Mammalian Cochlear Nucleus: A Modeling Study....Pages 93-98 Hypertext Software for Modeling Neurons....Pages 99-104 The STEM cell: a computational model of biological neurons useful for spatio-tem-poral pattern recognition....Pages 105-110 Functional Interactions Between Inwardly Rectifying Conductances and GABA A -mediated Inhibition....Pages 111-116 A Compartmental Model of the Cochlear Nucleus Stellate Cell: Responses to Constant and Amplitude-Modulated Tones....Pages 117-122 Is a Classification of Honeybee Antennal Lobe Neurones Grown in Culture Possible ? - Yes!....Pages 123-128 Front Matter....Pages 39-39 How does Retinal Preprocessing Affect the Receptive Field of a Stabilized Hebbian Neuron....Pages 129-134 Electrotonic Structure and Synaptic Variability in Cortical Neurons....Pages 135-140 Synaptic Coding of Time-Varying Spike Trains * ....Pages 141-146 Calculation of Passive Membrane Properties for Experimentally Determined Dendritic Geometries of Laterodorsal Tegmental Neurons in Vitro ....Pages 147-152 Dendritic Electrotonic Extent and Branching Pattern Topology....Pages 153-158 Front Matter....Pages 159-159 Localised Neuronal Assemblies with Recurrent Synapses Enable Global Temporal Synchronisation....Pages 161-166 Attention as Selective Synchronization of Oscillating Cortical Sensory and Motor Associative Memories....Pages 167-172 Perceptual Topography: Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Prepyriform, Visual, Auditory, and Somesthetic EEGs in Perception by Trained Rabbits....Pages 173-178 BIONNIC: An Efficient and Flexible Integrator for Biological Neural Network Simulators....Pages 179-184 A Retina Model Including Dopaminergic Neuromodulation....Pages 185-190 Parameter Optimization of Olfactory Neurodynamics....Pages 191-196 Model Synapses with Frequency Potentiation Characteristics Can Cooperatively Enhance Hebbian Learning....Pages 197-202 Low Spiking Rates in a Network with Overlapping Assemblies....Pages 203-208 The Role of Feedback in Respiratory Amplitude and Frequency Modulation....Pages 209-214 Partial and full synchrony of thalamic spindle oscillations....Pages 215-220 On the Stochastic Stability of a Neural Network Model of Somatosensory Information Processing....Pages 221-226 Feedback Regulation of Cholinergic Modulation and Hippocampal Memory Function....Pages 227-232 Analyzing the Hippocampal Place Cell Phenomenon by Modeling the Central Visual Pathway....Pages 233-237 Effects of Asymmetric Neuronal Connectivity and Dopamine on Striatal Function: Simulation and Analysis of a Model for Huntington’s Disease....Pages 239-244 Learning and Classification in a Noisy Environment by a Simulated Cortical Network....Pages 245-250 Front Matter....Pages 159-159 Improving the Realism of Attractor Models By using Cortical Columns as Functional Units....Pages 251-256 Oscillations, Chaos and Noise in Associative Memory....Pages 257-262 Odor processing in the honeybee’s antennal lobe glomeruli: modeling sensory memory....Pages 263-268 The Interplay of Intrinsic and Synaptic Currents in a Half-Center Oscillator....Pages 269-274 A Model of the Spatial-Frequency Organization in Primate Striate Cortex....Pages 275-280 A 3-D Interactive Model for Peripheral Vestibular Signal Processing....Pages 281-286 Models of Adaptive Electrosensory Self-Noise Cancellation in a Cerebellar-Like Structure in the Elasmobranch Hindbrain....Pages 287-292 Multistable Phase-Clustering in Networks of Spiking Neurons....Pages 293-298 Decoding Vectorial Information from Firing Rates....Pages 299-304 Modeling Cortical Plasticity Based on Adapting Lateral Interaction....Pages 305-310 An Emergent Model of Visual Cortical Orientation Selectivity....Pages 311-316 Computational and Neurobiological Features of a Network of Networks....Pages 317-322 Using Fictive Powers as Event Markers in EEG Data Processing....Pages 323-328 Visual Segmentation and Feature Binding without Synchronization....Pages 329-334 Oscillatory Field Potentials in the Presence of Irregular Single Cell Discharge Patterns....Pages 335-340 Stimulus-Dependent Synchronization in a Model of Orientation-Tuned Spiking Neurons....Pages 341-346 XNBC: A Simulation Tool for Neurobiologists....Pages 347-352 Simulations of Intersegmental Coordination during Swimming in the Lamprey using a Continuous Network Model....Pages 353-358 Linear and Nonlinear Dynamics in the Development of Orientation Preference Maps....Pages 359-364 Front Matter....Pages 365-365 Neural System of Fear Conditioning: A Connectionist Model....Pages 367-372 Front Matter....Pages 365-365 The Generation of Expectations in Cerebellum-Like Structures....Pages 373-378 A Neural Controller for Single-Leg Substrate-Finding: A First Step Toward Agile Locomotion in Insects and Robots....Pages 379-384 VLSI Neuromorphs: Building Blocks for Neural Circuits....Pages 385-390 Test of a Two-Layer Network as a Model of Human Entry-Level Object Recognition....Pages 391-396 Understanding Ocular Dominance Development from Binocular Input Statistics....Pages 397-402 Timing a Looming Object....Pages 403-408 Depth from Transparency....Pages 409-414 Cortical Competitive Processing Produces Interference in Color-Word Tests....Pages 415-420 A Computational Model of Attentional Focus:The Searchlight of Attention Hypothesis Revisited....Pages 421-425 Neural Implementation of Bayesian Vision Theories By Unsupervised Learning....Pages 427-432 Comparison of Gender Recognition By PDP and Radial Basis Function Networks....Pages 433-438 Back Matter....Pages 439-444 The Neurobiology of Computation: The Proceedings of the Third Annual Computation and Neural Systems Conference contains the collected papers of the Conference on Computational Neuroscience, July 21--23, 1994, Monterey, California. These papers represent a cross-section of current research in computational neuroscience. While the majority of papers describe analysis and modeling efforts, other papers describe the results of new biological experiments explicitly placed in the context of computational theories and ideas. Subjects range from an analysis of subcellular processes, to single neurons, networks, behavior, and cognition. In addition, several papers describe new technical developments of use to computational neuroscientists.