Computational Neuroscience A First Course [Paperback]

Computational Neuroscience - A First Course provides an essential introduction to computational neuroscience and? equips readers with a fundamental understanding of modeling the nervous system at the membrane, cellular, and network level. The book, which grew out of a lecture series held regularly for more than ten years to graduate students in neuroscience with backgrounds in biology, psychology and medicine, takes its readers on a journey through three fundamental domains of computational neuroscience: membrane biophysics, systems theory and artificial neural networks. The required mathematical concepts are kept as intuitive and simple as possible throughout the book, making it fully accessible to readers who are less familiar with mathematics. Overall, Computational Neuroscience - A First Course represents an essential reference guide for all neuroscientists who use computational methods in their daily work, as well as for any theoretical scientist approaching the field of computational neuroscience.

This introduction to computational neuroscience equips readers with a solid understanding of techniques for modeling the nervous system at the membrane, cellular and network level. Covers membrane biophysics, systems theory and artificial neural networks.Excitable Membranes and Neural Conduction.- Receptive Fields and the Specificity of Neuronal Firing.- Coding and Representation.- Fourier Analysis for Neuroscientists.- Artificial Neural Networks.

A useful guide for any neuroscientist desiring to incorporate computational methods into their research. The book covers three fundamental areas of computational neuroscience: membrane physics, systems theory, and artificial neural networks. & At the end each chapter, suggested reading materials are listed to help guide the reader to supporting resources which will fill in background material and\or extend the topic presented. (Stanley R. Huddy, Mathematical lÃb