Rhythms of the Brain
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Product details:
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Date of Publication 26 October 2006
- ISBN 9780195301069
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages464 pages
- Size 241x163x26 mm
- Weight 896 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 18 black & white photographs and 68 line illustrations 0
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Short description:
This book provides eloquent support for the idea that spontaneous neuron activity, far from being mere noise, is actually the source of our cognitive abilities. It takes a fresh look at the co-evolution of structure and function in the mammalian brain, illustrating how self-emerged oscillatory timing is the brain's fundamental organiser of neuronal information. In a sequence of cycles, György Buzsáki guides the reader from the physics of oscillations through neuronal
assembly organisation to complex cognitive processing and memory storage. This volume is essential reading for anyone interested in our rapidly evolving understanding of the brain.
Long description:
Studies of mechanisms in the brain that allow complicated things to happen in a coordinated fashion have produced some of the most spectacular discoveries in neuroscience. This book provides eloquent support for the idea that spontaneous neuron activity, far from being mere noise, is actually the source of our cognitive abilities. It takes a fresh look at the co-evolution of structure and function in the mammalian brain, illustrating how self-emerged oscillatory timing is the brains
fundamental organiser of neuronal information. The small world-like connectivity of the cerebral cortex allows for global computation on multiple spatial and temporal scales. The perpetual interactions among the multiple network oscillators keep cortical systems in a highly sensitive metastable
state and provide energy-efficient synchronising mechanisms via weak links.
In a sequence of cycles, György Buzsáki guides the reader from the physics of oscillations through neuronal assembly organisation to complex cognitive processing and memory storage. His clear, fluid writing accessible to any reader with some scientific knowledge is supplemented by extensive footnotes and references that make it just as gratifying and instructive a read for the specialist. The coherent view of a single author who has been at the forefront of research in this exciting
field, this volume is essential reading for anyone interested in our rapidly evolving understanding of the brain.
The book is a "must read" for anyone interested in understanding the functioning of large and complex brain circuits.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Structure Defines Function
Diversity of Cortical Functions is Provided by Inhibition
Windows on the Brain
A System of Rhythms: From Simple to Complex Dynamics
Synchronization by Oscillation
The Brain's Default State: Self-Organized Oscillations in Rest and Sleep
Perturbation of the Default Patterns by Experience
The Gamma Buzz: Gluing by Oscillations in the Waking Brain
Perceptions and Actions are Brain-State Dependent
Oscillations in the "Other Cortex": Navigation in Real and Memory Space
Coupling of Systems by Oscillations
Tough Problems
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