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Tables of Contents for Neural Organization
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
I Overviews
1
110
1 The Many Themes of Neural Organization
3
6
1.1 Structure
4
1
1.2 Function
5
1
1.3 Dynamics
6
3
2 A Structural Overview
9
24
2.1 An Embryological Perspective on Neural Structure and Motility
11
9
2.2 The Modular Architectonics Principle
20
6
2.3 Multiple Models of Modularity
26
7
3 A Functional Overview
33
36
3.1 Schema Theory and Functional Neuroscience
35
13
3.2 Schemas for Rana computatrix
48
8
3.3 Schemas for Saccades
56
3
3.4 Schemas for Reaching and Grasping
59
7
3.5 Representing Space and Time
66
3
4 A Dynamical Overview
69
42
4.1 Neurodynamical System Theory
71
11
4.2 Oscillatory Behavior in Neural Systems
82
5
4.3 Chaotic Behavior in Neural Systems: Some Facts and Models
87
8
4.4 Self-Organization and the Development of the Nervous System
95
3
4.5 Learning Rules
98
13
II Interacting Systems of the Brain
111
240
5 The Olfactory System
113
26
5.1 Anatomical Organization
114
5
5.2 Electrical Patterns in the Olfactory Bulb and Olfactory Cortex
119
12
5.3 Development, Learning, and Memory in the Olfactory System
131
8
6 Hippocampus
139
46
6.1 Anatomical Organization
140
7
6.2 Electrical Activity Patterns
147
8
6.3 Brain States and Long-Term Potentiation
155
5
6.4 Hippocampal Function and Cognitive Maps
160
18
6.5 Hippocampal Function and Human Memory
178
7
7 Thalamus
185
20
7.1 Nuclei of the Thalamus
186
4
7.2 Thalamus and Sensory Systems
190
11
7.3 Thalamocortical Loops and Cooperative Computation
201
4
8 Cerebral Cortex
205
56
8.1 Structural Overview
206
16
8.2 Primary Visual Cortex: The Paradigm of Modular Architectonics
222
7
8.3 Thalamocortical Oscillators
229
5
8.4 Frontoparietal Interactions
234
14
8.5 Learning of Coordinated Behaviors
248
9
8.6 From Action-Oriented Perception to Cognition
257
4
9 Cerebellum
261
42
9.1 Phylogeny and Ontogeny of the Cerebellum
263
5
9.2 Structural Organization of the Cerebellar Cortex and Nuclei
268
5
9.3 The Cerebellum as a Learning Machine
273
7
9.4 Cerebellar Adaptation of Movement Generation
280
21
9.5 The Cerebellum and Mental Activity
301
2
10 Basal Ganglia
303
26
10.1 Structure of the Basal Ganglia
304
4
10.2 Diseases of the Basal Ganglia
308
4
10.3 Self-Reorganization of the Striatum
312
1
10.4 Role of Basal Ganglia in Saccade Control
313
8
10.5 Roles of the Basal Ganglia in Motor Coordination and Learning
321
8
11 Prospects for a Neuroscience of Cognition
329
22
11.1 Following the Threads: The Book in Perspective
329
8
11.2 Multiple Levels, Multiple Methodologies, and the Need for Their Integration
337
4
11.3 Implications and Outlook for Cognitive Neuroscience
341
10
III Appendixes
351
6
A Neural Simulation Language
353
2
B Brain Models on the Web
355
2
References
357
38
Index
395