Development, Dynamics, and Pathology of Neuronal Networks : from Molecules to Functional Circuits : proceedings of the 23rd International Summer School of Brain Research, held at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from 25-29 August 2003 /

• Συλλογικό Έργο: International Summer School of Brain Research Amsterdam, Netherlands (authoring body.), Nederlands Instituut voor Hersenonderzoek (organizer of meeting.), Netherlands Opthalmic Research Institute (organizer of meeting.)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Pelt, J. van (Jaap) (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Πρακτικό Συνεδρίου Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2005.
• Έκδοση: First edition.
• Σειρά: Progress in brain research ; v. 147.
• Θέματα: Brain > Research > Congresses.; Neural networks (Neurobiology) > Congresses.; Neurons > Congresses.; Nerve Net > physiology.; Cognition > physiology.; Mental Disorders > physiopathology.; Neurons > physiology.; Synapses > physiology.; Brain > Research.; Neural networks (Neurobiology); Neurons.; Neurale netwerken.; Congresses.; Electronic books.; Conference papers and proceedings.
• Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου: "This event was organized jointly by the Netherlands Institute for Brain Research and the Netherlands Opthalmic Research Institute"--Preface.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: 1 online resource (xv, 385 pages) : illustrations (some color).
• Βιβλιογραφία: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780444516633; 0444516638
• ISSN: 0079-6123 ;

This book is about neuronal networks within the brain. With roughly 100 billion nerve cells the human brain contains about 3.2 million kilometers of 'wires' to make a million billion of connections between these nerve cells. Nerve cells exchange electrical and chemical signals through these connections and the dynamical patterns of electrical/chemical signals are the basis of all our thinking, memories, consciousness, and control of our behaviour. How do these networks develop their specific connectivity, what are the patterns of electrical activity that serve such a fundamental role in our cognitive abilities, how can it go wrong in these networks resulting in different types of brain pathologies, such as mental retardation, Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy or schizophrenia? These questions are among the most fundamental ones in neuroscience and are addressed in this volume. The chapters in this book cover both state-of-the-art broad reviews and in-depth studies of topics selected in order to bridge different levels of neurobiological organization, from the molecular, cellular, neural network to the cognitive level. An excellent example of such a 'red thread' is given by the chapters devoted to the visual system, illustrating the advanced state of understanding of network development, plasticity and functioning of the visual system. Other chapters illustrate how scientific advances are driven by technical developments as shown for multi-electrode recording and life imaging techniques that enable the study of electrical activity simultaneously in many nerve cells.