Ebook: The Neurobiology of Computation: Proceedings of the Third Annual Computation and Neural Systems Conference

This volume includes papers presented at the Third Annual Computation and Neural Systems meeting (CNS*94) held in Monterey California, July 21 - July 26, 1994. This collection includes 71 of the more than 100 papers presented at this year's meeting. Acceptance for meeting presentation was based on the peer review of preliminary papers by at least two referees. The papers in this volume were submitted in final form after the meeting. As represented by this volume, CNS meetings continue to expand in quality, size and breadth of focus as increasing numbers of neuroscientists are taking a computational approach to understanding nervous system function. The CNS meetings are intended to showcase the best of current research in computational neuroscience. As such the meeting is fundamentally focused on understanding the relationship between the structure of neIVOUS systems and their function. What is clear from the continued expansion of the CNS meetings is that computational approaches are increasingly being applied at all levels of neurobiological analysis. in an ever growing number of experimental preparations. and neural subsystems. Thus. experimental subjects range from crickets to primates; sensory systems range from vision to electroreception; experimental approaches range from realistic models of ion channels to the analysis of the information content of spike trains. For this reason, the eNS meetings represent an opportunity for computational neurobiologists to consider their research results in a much broader context than is usually possible.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A Mathematical Description of Quantal Analysis with Applications....Pages 3-7
An Equilibrium Model of Biochemical Interactions Between Glutamatergic and Dopaminergic Signals in Striatal Neurons....Pages 9-14
Simulation of the Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Neurotransmitter Release....Pages 15-20
The Potassium A-Current and Low Firing Rates in Hodgkin-Huxley Models....Pages 21-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-32
Information Maintenance by Retinal Ganglion Cell Spikes....Pages 33-38
Modeling the Bursting Interneurons of the Lobster Cardiac Ganglion....Pages 39-39
Precision and Reliability of Neocortical Spike Trains in the Behaving Monkey....Pages 41-46
Summation and Division in V1 Simple Cells....Pages 47-52
Qualitative Electrotonic Comparison of Three Classes of Hippocampal Neurons in the Rat....Pages 53-58
A New Spike Train Analysis Technique for Detecting Trends in the Firing Patterns of Neurons....Pages 59-65
A Mathematical Model of Retinal Photoreceptors....Pages 67-72
Short-Term Memory as a Single Cell Phenomenon....Pages 73-78
The Importance of Membrane Properties and Synaptic Location in Octopus Cells of the Mammalian Cochlear Nucleus: A Modeling Study....Pages 79-85
Hypertext Software for Modeling Neurons....Pages 87-92
The STEM cell: a computational model of biological neurons useful for spatio-tem-poral pattern recognition....Pages 93-98
Functional Interactions Between Inwardly Rectifying Conductances and GABAA-mediated Inhibition....Pages 99-104
A Compartmental Model of the Cochlear Nucleus Stellate Cell: Responses to Constant and Amplitude-Modulated Tones....Pages 105-110
Is a Classification of Honeybee Antennal Lobe Neurones Grown in Culture Possible ? - Yes!....Pages 111-116
Front Matter....Pages 117-122
How does Retinal Preprocessing Affect the Receptive Field of a Stabilized Hebbian Neuron....Pages 123-128
Electrotonic Structure and Synaptic Variability in Cortical Neurons....Pages 39-39
Dendritic Electrotonic Extent and Branching Pattern Topology....Pages 129-134
Front Matter....Pages 135-140
Localised Neuronal Assemblies with Recurrent Synapses Enable Global Temporal Synchronisation....Pages 141-146
Attention as Selective Synchronization of Oscillating Cortical Sensory and Motor Associative Memories....Pages 147-152
Perceptual Topography: Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Prepyriform, Visual, Auditory, and Somesthetic EEGs in Perception by Trained Rabbits....Pages 153-158
BIONNIC: An Efficient and Flexible Integrator for Biological Neural Network Simulators....Pages 159-159
A Retina Model Including Dopaminergic Neuromodulation....Pages 161-166
Parameter Optimization of Olfactory Neurodynamics....Pages 167-172
Model Synapses with Frequency Potentiation Characteristics Can Cooperatively Enhance Hebbian Learning....Pages 173-178
Low Spiking Rates in a Network with Overlapping Assemblies....Pages 179-184
The Role of Feedback in Respiratory Amplitude and Frequency Modulation....Pages 185-190
Partial and full synchrony of thalamic spindle oscillations....Pages 191-196
On the Stochastic Stability of a Neural Network Model of Somatosensory Information Processing....Pages 197-202
Feedback Regulation of Cholinergic Modulation and Hippocampal Memory Function....Pages 203-208
Analyzing the Hippocampal Place Cell Phenomenon by Modeling the Central Visual Pathway....Pages 209-214
Effects of Asymmetric Neuronal Connectivity and Dopamine on Striatal Function: Simulation and Analysis of a Model for Huntington’s Disease....Pages 215-220
Learning and Classification in a Noisy Environment by a Simulated Cortical Network....Pages 221-226
Front Matter....Pages 227-232
Improving the Realism of Attractor Models By using Cortical Columns as Functional Units....Pages 233-237
Oscillations, Chaos and Noise in Associative Memory....Pages 239-244
Odor processing in the honeybee’s antennal lobe glomeruli: modeling sensory memory....Pages 245-250
The Interplay of Intrinsic and Synaptic Currents in a Half-Center Oscillator....Pages 159-159
A Model of the Spatial-Frequency Organization in Primate Striate Cortex....Pages 251-256
A 3-D Interactive Model for Peripheral Vestibular Signal Processing....Pages 257-262
Models of Adaptive Electrosensory Self-Noise Cancellation in a Cerebellar-Like Structure in the Elasmobranch Hindbrain....Pages 263-268
Multistable Phase-Clustering in Networks of Spiking Neurons....Pages 269-274
Decoding Vectorial Information from Firing Rates....Pages 275-280
Modeling Cortical Plasticity Based on Adapting Lateral Interaction....Pages 281-286
An Emergent Model of Visual Cortical Orientation Selectivity....Pages 287-292
Computational and Neurobiological Features of a Network of Networks....Pages 293-298
Using Fictive Powers as Event Markers in EEG Data Processing....Pages 299-304
Visual Segmentation and Feature Binding without Synchronization....Pages 305-310
Oscillatory Field Potentials in the Presence of Irregular Single Cell Discharge Patterns....Pages 311-316
Stimulus-Dependent Synchronization in a Model of Orientation-Tuned Spiking Neurons....Pages 317-322
XNBC: A Simulation Tool for Neurobiologists....Pages 323-328
Simulations of Intersegmental Coordination during Swimming in the Lamprey using a Continuous Network Model....Pages 329-334
Linear and Nonlinear Dynamics in the Development of Orientation Preference Maps....Pages 335-340
Front Matter....Pages 341-346
Neural System of Fear Conditioning: A Connectionist Model....Pages 347-352
Front Matter....Pages 353-358
The Generation of Expectations in Cerebellum-Like Structures....Pages 359-364
A Neural Controller for Single-Leg Substrate-Finding: A First Step Toward Agile Locomotion in Insects and Robots....Pages 365-365
VLSI Neuromorphs: Building Blocks for Neural Circuits....Pages 367-372
Test of a Two-Layer Network as a Model of Human Entry-Level Object Recognition....Pages 365-365
Understanding Ocular Dominance Development from Binocular Input Statistics....Pages 373-378
Timing a Looming Object....Pages 379-384
Depth from Transparency....Pages 385-390
Cortical Competitive Processing Produces Interference in Color-Word Tests....Pages 391-396
A Computational Model of Attentional Focus:The Searchlight of Attention Hypothesis Revisited....Pages 397-402
Neural Implementation of Bayesian Vision Theories By Unsupervised Learning....Pages 403-408
Comparison of Gender Recognition By PDP and Radial Basis Function Networks....Pages 409-414
Back Matter....Pages 415-420
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