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Principles of Theoretical Neurophysiology

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Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

22.12.2011

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Springer Berlin

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192

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24.4/17/1.2 cm

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368 g

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Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-3-642-71470-2

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Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

22.12.2011

Verlag

Springer Berlin

Seitenzahl

192

Maße (L/B/H)

24.4/17/1.2 cm

Gewicht

368 g

Auflage

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-3-642-71470-2

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Springer-Verlag KG
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  • Produktbild: Principles of Theoretical Neurophysiology
  • I General Properties of the Brain.- 1.Introducing the Problem.- 1.1 Standpoints.- 1.2 Procedures and General Plan.- 1.3 The Beyond-the-Physics Problem.- 2. Structural and Functional Properties.- 2.1 The Brain Mass.- 2.2 Structures and Functions.- 2.2.1 Speech Characterizes Humans.- 2.3 Connectivity and Integration.- 2.3.1 Feedback.- 2.4 The Neurochemical Aspects of Brain Organization.- 2.5 Nerve Impulses and Signals.- 2.6 What Shall We Substitute for Structure?.- 3. The Key Property: Organization.- 3.1 Brain Functions Are Unitary Processes.- 3.1.1 Unity of Psyche.- 3.2 A Whole Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts.- 3.3 Maturation and Learning.- 3.4 “Human Whole” and “Brute Whole”.- 4. Short Review of Approaches and Methods.- 4.1 The Standpoint “Structure = Function”.- 4.2 Electrophysiological Methods.- 4.2.1 Analytical Neurophysiology.- 4.2.2 Microelectrodes.- 4.3 System Analysis.- 4.4 Brain Waves.- 4.5 Methods of Quantification of Nervous Activity.- 4.5.1 Quantification of Nerve Impulses.- 4.5.2 Quantification of Continuous Time Functions.- 4.5.2.1 Frequency Domain Methods.- 4.5.2.2 Time Domain Methods.- 4.5.2.3 Cortical “Evoked Response” Potentials.- 4.5.2.4 The Method of Correlation Between Brain Activities.- 5. Multidimensionality, Homogeneity and Fields.- 5.1 Multidimensionality Versus Unidimensionality.- 5.2 Can We Work with Simpler Systems?.- 5.3 The Problem of Homogeneity.- 5.4 The Hypothesis of the Continuum.- 5.5 Unstructured Activity and the Noise Problem.- 5.5.1 The Processing of the Activity by the Brain.- 5.5.2 Physiological Aspects of Mass Activity.- II Physics and the Brain.- 6. A First Approach: Statistics.- 6.1 Identification of a Framework of Laws.- 6.1.1 Chance and Determination.- 6.2 Statistics and Neuroscience.- 6.2.1 Statistical Mechanics and the Brain.- 6.2.2 Spontaneous and Ongoing Activity.- 6.2.3 Gibbs Ensembles and Steady State Motion.- 6.3 Thermodynamics and Brain Function: The Onsager Representation.- 6.3.1 The Problems of Entropy and Forces.- 7. States of the Brain.- 7.1 States and Stationarity.- 7.2 Identification of Brain States.- 7.2.1 Discrete Physiological States.- 7.2.2 Redefinition of the Concept of State.- 7.3 Quantum State Principles and the Brain.- 7.3.1 States and Vectors.- 8. Dynamic Laws and Transformations of Brain States.- 8.1 Statistical Laws and Deterministic Laws.- 8.2 Dynamic and Nervous Parameters.- 8.2.1 Generalized Coordinates and Energy.- 8.3 The Dynamic Forces in the Nervous System.- 8.3.1 Nervous Generalized Coordinates.- 8.4 States and Vector Relationships.- 8.4.1 Transformations in the Mechanics of States.- 8.4.2 Operators and Brain States.- 9. Reference Systems for Brain Function.- 9.1 Problems of the Brain Space.- 9.2 Properties of the Gaussian Coordinate System.- 9.3 Invariant Functions in the Central Nervous System.- 9.3.1 Which Functions Are Invariant?.- 9.3.2 Time and Space Measurements.- 9.4 Closing Comments.- 10. The Continuum in the Central Nervous System.- 10.1 A Few Basic Ideas.- 10.2 Factors Shaping the Fields of Force in the Nervous System.- 10.3 A Fundamental Concept: The Tensor.- 10.3.1 The Metric Tensor.- 10.3.2 The Metric Tensor in the Central Nervous System.- 10.4 Physiological Forces and Tensors in the Central Nervous System.- 11. Outlines of a Theory.- 11.1 The Physiological Fundaments.- 11.2 Steady States and Transformations.- 11.3 Methods.- 11.4 Perspectives.- 11.5 Gathering the Threads.- 12. On this Side of the Border: Relativistic Aspects.- 12.1 Is There a Brain Relativity?.- 12.2 Time.- 12.3 The Velocity “c” in the Nervous System.- 12.3.1 The Velocities “v” in the Nervous System.- 12.3.2 Mass, Velocity and Energy in the Central Nervous System.- 12.4 Inertial and Accelerated Systems in the Brain.- 12.4.1 The “Observers” in the Brain.- Appendix Beyond the Border: Metaphysics and the Brain A Sample of Problems.- A. 1 Introducing the Problems.- A. 2 Man and Animals.- A. 3 The Intellect.- A. 4 The Continuum.- A. 5 Theology and Neuroscience.- A. 6 Tension.- A. 7 Determination and Free Will.- References.- 1. Neurophysiology and Control Systems.- 2. Physics, Thermodynamics, Information Theory, and Related Subjects.- 3. Relativity and Related Subjects.- 4. Natural Philosophy.- 5. Appendix.