Gyorgy Buzsaki

Rhythms of the Brain

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 758g
• ISBN-13: 9780199828234
• ISBN-10: 0199828237
• Artikelnr.: 33252822

Autorenporträt

György Buzsáki is a Board of Governors Professor of Neuroscience at Rutgers University. His primary research interests are in brain oscillations, sleep and memory, and with more than 200 papers published on these topics, he is among the top 250 most-cited neuroscientists. Dr. Buzsáki is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and he sits on the editorial boards of several leading neuroscience journals.

Inhaltsangabe

* Prelude.
* Cycle 1. Introduction.
* Cycle 2. Structure defines function.
* Cycle 3. Diversity of cortical functions is provided by inhibition.
* Cycle 4. Windows on the brain.
* Cycle 5. A system of rhythms: from simple to complex dynamics.
* Cycle 6. Synchronization by oscillation.
* Cycle 7. The brain's default state: self-organized oscillations in
rest and sleep.
* Cycle 8. Perturbation of the default patterns by experience.
* Cycle 9. The gamma buzz: gluing by oscillations in the waking brain.
* Cycle 10. Perceptions and actions are brain state-dependent.
* Cycle 11. Oscillations in the "other cortex:" navigation in real and
memory space.
* Cycle 12. Coupling of systems by oscillations.
* Cycle 13. The tough problem.
* References.