Perceptual Neuroscience

The Cerebral Cortex

Inbunden, Engelska, 1998

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Beskrivning

The cerebral cortex, occupying over 70 percent of our brain mass, is key to any understanding of the workings--and disorders--of the human brain. offering a comprehensive account of the role of the cerebral cortex in perception, this monumental work by one of the world's greatest living neuroscientists does nothing short of creating a new subdiscipline in the field: perceptual neuroscience.For this undertaking, Vernon Mountcastle has gathered information from a vast number of sources reaching back through two centuries of investigation into the intrinsic operations of the cortex. His survey includes phylogenetic, comparative, and neuroanatomical studies of the neocortex; studies of the large-scale organization of the neocortex, of neuronal histogenesis and the specification of cortical areas, of synaptic transmission between neurons in cortical microcircuits, and of rhythmicity and synchronization in neocortical networks; and inquiries into the binding problem--how activities among the separate processing nodes of distributed systems coalesce in a coherent activity that we call perception.The first book to summarize what is known about the physiology of the cortex in perception, Perceptual Neuroscience will be a landmark in the literature of neuroscience.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1998-12-15
Mått:206 x 235 x 42 mm
Vikt:1 152 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:512
Förlag:Harvard University Press
ISBN:9780674661882

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Mer om författaren

Vernon B. Mountcastle, M.D., was University Professor of Neuroscience, Emeritus, at the Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute of Johns Hopkins University and winner of the 1998 National Academy of Sciences Award in Neurosciences.

Recensioner i media

Perceptual Neuroscience is a superb, if rather selective, survey of the phylogeny, ontogeny, anatomy, physiology, and organization of the cerebral cortex. Emphasizing the role of the cortex in perceptual processing, this well-written, well-produced volume draws on over 1100 citations. What is particularly valuable about this book is the insights it provides into the thinking of one of our most active senior neuroscientists.

Innehållsförteckning

Expanded Contents Preface Perception and the Cerebral Cortex The Phylogenetic Development of the Cerebral Cortex Cells and Local Networks of the Neocortex The Organization of the Neocortex Synaptic Transmission in the Neocortex Activity-Dependent Changes in Synaptic Strength in the Hippocampus and Neocortex The Columnar Organization of the Neocortex The Ontogenesis of the Neocortex Secondary Events in Cortical Histogenesis and the Specification of Cortical Areas The Distributed and Hierarchical Organization of the Neocortical Systems Dynamic Operations in Neocortical Networks Rhythmicity and Synchronization in Neocortical Networks Epilogue References Illustration Credits Index