Ebook: Disorder Versus Order in Brain Function: Essays in Theoretical Neurobiology

The main aim of this study is to raise and explore the intriguing problems of noise and chaos in the nervous system. It examines questions such as: what functional role do fluctuations in neural systems play?; are there chaotic processes in the brain?; what is the neural code, and how robust is it towards noise?; and are there mechanisms that can control noise and chaos?