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.

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 thes...

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