Synaptic Modification, Neuron Selectivity, and Nervous System Organization

by William B. Levy (Editor), James A. Anderson (Editor), Stephen Lehmkuhle (Editor)

Overview

First published in 1985. This is a collection of essays presenting various theoretical ideas concerning distributive memories and cortical models. In addition, it includes a discussion of how a central set of assumptions can explain much of what is now known about deprivation and normal development of visual cortex and can perhaps also serve as the basis for a theory of higher nervous system organization as well as the Changeux model of how a synapse can modify itself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317768975
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/18/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

William B. Levy University of Virginia School of Medicine, Department of Neuro-surgery, Charlottesville. , James A. Anderson Brown University, Department of Psychology and Center for Neural Sciences, Providence. Stephen Lehmkuhle

Table of Contents

Introductory Remarks, L. N. Cooper; Chapter 1 Associative Changes at the Synapse: LTP in the Hippocampus, William B. Levy; Chapter 2 Hebbian Modification of Synaptic Transmission as a Common Mechanism in Experience-Dependent Maturation of Cortical Functions., W. Singer; Chapter 3 Monday’s Discussion; Chapter 4 Some Constraints Operating on the Synaptic Modifications Underlying Binocular Competition in the Developing Visual Cortex, J. D. Pettigrew; Chapter 5 Remarks about the “Singularity” of Nerve Cells and its Ontogenesis, Jean-Pierre Changeux; Chapter 6 The Rules of Elemental Synaptic Plasticity, William B. levy, Nancy L. Desmond; Chapter 7 Neural Problem Solving, Andrew G. Barto, Richard S. Sutton; Chapter 8 What Hebb Synapses Build, James A. Anderson; Chapter 9 Neuron Selectivity: Single Neuron and Neuron Networks, L. N. Cooper, P. Munro, C. Scofield; Chapter 10 Tuesday’s Discussion; Chapter 11 A Model of Cortical Associative Memory, Teuvo Kohonen, Erkki Oja, Pekka Lehtiö; Chapter 12 What Do Drug-Induced Visual Hallucinations Tell Us About the Brain?, J. D. Cowan; Chapter 13 Wednesday’s Discussion;

Editorial Reviews

"An important reference book for graduate students and faculty in the neuroscience discipline, psychology and other related disciplines, and secondarily for those involved in vision research. It is to be considered a 'state of the art' book, both experimentally and theoretically, concerning neuronal activity in accounting for sensory, perceptual and cognitive processes."
—Journal of Electrophysiological Techniques

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