TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sterratt,David
AU  - Graham,Bruce
AU  - Gillies,Andrew
AU  - Willshaw,David
TI  - Principles of Computational Modelling in Neuroscience
SN  - 9780511975899 (ebook)
AV  - QP357.5 .P75 2011
U1  - 612.801/13 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Computational neuroscience
KW  - Models, Neurological
KW  - Computer Simulation
KW  - Neural Conduction
KW  - Synaptic Transmission
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016)
N2  - The nervous system is made up of a large number of interacting elements. To understand how such a complex system functions requires the construction and analysis of computational models at many different levels. This book provides a step-by-step account of how to model the neuron and neural circuitry to understand the nervous system at all levels, from ion channels to networks. Starting with a simple model of the neuron as an electrical circuit, gradually more details are added to include the effects of neuronal morphology, synapses, ion channels and intracellular signalling. The principle of abstraction is explained through chapters on simplifying models, and how simplified models can be used in networks. This theme is continued in a final chapter on modelling the development of the nervous system. Requiring an elementary background in neuroscience and some high school mathematics, this textbook is an ideal basis for a course on computational neuroscience
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511975899
ER  -