Neural engineering : computation, representation, and dynamics in neurobiological systems /

• Main Author: Eliasmith, Chris
• Other Authors: Anderson, C. H. (Charles H.)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, �2003.
• Series: Computational neuroscience.
• Subjects: Neural networks (Neurobiology); Neural networks (Computer science); Computational neuroscience.; R�eseaux neuronaux (Neurobiologie); R�eseaux neuronaux (Informatique); Neurosciences informatiques.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Physical.; Hirnfunktion; Computersimulation; Neurocomputer; Informationsverarbeitung; Modell; Neurobiologie; Neuronales Netz; Gehirn; Neurons > physiology.; Neural Networks (Computer); Models, Neurological.; Computational Biology.; Electronic books.

Textbook presents three principles of neural engineering based on the representation of signals by neural ensembles, transformations of these representations through neuronal coupling weights, and the integration of control theory and neural dynamics.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Of neurons and engineers
• I. Representation
• 2. Representation in populations of neurons
• 3. Extending population representation
• 4. Temporal representation in spiking neurons
• 5. Population-temporal representation
• II. Transformation
• 6. Feed-forward transformations
• 7. Analyzing representation and transformation
• 8. Dynamic transformations
• 9. Statistical inference and learning.