Micro-, Meso- and Macro-Dynamics of the Brain.

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Superior document:Research and Perspectives in Neurosciences Series
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Place / Publishing House:Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2016.
{copy}2016.
Year of Publication:2016
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Research and Perspectives in Neurosciences Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (181 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • Introduction
  • Hippocampal Mechanisms for the Segmentation of Space by Goals and Boundaries
  • Introduction
  • Goals and Other Boundaries Anchor and Alter the Hippocampal Place Code
  • The Hippocampus Organizes the Spatial Code into Temporal Sequences
  • Theta Sequences Code for Behaviorally Relevant Spatial Segments
  • How Could Theta Sequences Be Integrated by Post-synaptic Readers?
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Cortical Evolution: Introduction to the Reptilian Cortex
  • Reptilian Brain Structure and Evolution
  • Basic Architecture and Functional Features
  • Vertical Connectivity
  • Horizontal Connectivity
  • Physiological Adaptations of the Reptilian Brain
  • Brain and Behavior
  • References
  • Flow of Information Underlying a Tactile Decision in Mice
  • Introduction
  • Head-Fixed Tactile Decision Behavior and Involved Cortical Regions
  • Premotor Dynamics Underlying Motor Planning
  • Open Questions
  • References
  • The Visual Brain: Computing Through Multiscale Complexity
  • Introduction
  • The Synaptic Imprint of Mesoscopic ``Immergence ́́in Visual RFs
  • Synaptic Correlates of Perceptual Gestalt Laws in the ``Silent Surround ́́of V1 RFs
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Grid Cells and Spatial Maps in Entorhinal Cortex and Hippocampus
  • Place Cells and Grid Cells
  • Discretization of the Entorhinal Grid Map
  • Combinatorics in Grid Cells and Remapping in Place Cells
  • Topography in Parahippocampal Systems
  • Mechanisms of Grid Spacing
  • Shearing-Induced Asymmetries in Grid Cells
  • Oblique Effect in Grids?
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • The Striatum and Decision-Making Based on Value
  • References
  • Decoding the Dynamics of Conscious Perception: The Temporal Generalization Method
  • The Temporal Generalization Method
  • Advantages of Multivariate Decoding Methods.
  • A Test Using Auditory Novelty Signals
  • Late Metastable Activity as a Signature of Consciousness
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Sleep and Synaptic Down-Selection
  • Sleep Is Universal and Probably Essential, But Why?
  • Sleep Helps Memory Consolidation, Gist Extraction, and Integration
  • Sleep Helps Memory, But How? Is It Replay or Synaptic Down-Selection?
  • Synapses Get Stronger in Wake and Weaker in Sleep
  • SHY: The Price of Plasticity
  • References
  • Psyche, Signals and Systems
  • Introduction
  • Signals of Conscious Perception
  • Late Extracellular Signals
  • Distributed Processing in the Cortex
  • Feedback Processing
  • Biophysical Foundations of Signals Associated with Conscious Perception
  • Biophysics Related to Electric Measurements
  • Biological Electric Field Contributors
  • Synaptic Activity
  • Active Membrane Currents
  • Non-neural Contributors (Glia, etc.)
  • Monitoring Neural Activity
  • Local Monitoring
  • Spatially Distributed Monitoring
  • From Cellular Biophysics to Systems and Computations Associated with Conscious Perception
  • Towards a (Unifying) Theory/Framework of Conscious Perception
  • References
  • Federating and Integrating What We Know About the Brain at All Scales: Computer Science Meets the Clinical Neurosciences
  • Introduction
  • Syndromic Diagnosis
  • A Theory of the Brain
  • Computers
  • Data and Data Mining
  • Simulating the Brain
  • Data Provenance
  • Disease Signatures
  • Data Mining and Medical Data
  • Human Brain Project
  • Clinical Neuroscience-Related Big Data Initiatives
  • Box 1. Big data initiatives: a selection
  • Changing the Culture
  • References
  • Index.