ENGLISH

Cortex: Statistics and Geometry of Neuronal Connectivity

By Prof. Dr. Dr. Valentino Braitenberg , Prof. Dr. Almut Schüz (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1998
ISBN
978-3-662-03735-5, 978-3-662-03733-1
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-03733-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12631320 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
249\242
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Neurosciences; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robo

Description

By means of quantitative analysis of the tissue components in the cortex of the mouse, this book presents an overall picture of the cortical network which is then related to various theories on cortical function. It is centered around the idea of a diffuse network in a fairly homogeneous population of excitatory neurons, that of the pyramidal cells. It shows that the whole organisation in the cortical skeleton of pryramidal cells correspondes well to the idea of an associative memory and to the theory of cell assemblies.The theoretical points are made on the basis of experimental results. The reader not only obtains information about quantitative neuroanatomy, but also on the methods used, in particular those that vary from the norm.

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