Understanding the Nervous System
An Engineering Perspective
1st Edition
Published on 8. January 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
412 pages
978-0-87942-296-7 (ISBN)
Description
"Providing a fascinating alternative to the unwieldy life science sources, this book describes how the nervous system (including the brain) communicates with, sends signals to, and receives input from the sensory organs.
Starting with the basic principles and components of the nervous system with sensory receptors, neurons and dendrites, and the skeletal muscle circuits the authors unfold the mystery of this communication with simple, elegant mathematical formulas to enhance your understanding of how the nervous system functions in complicated auditory and visual systems, and the brain.
Includes extensive references at the end of each chapter!"
Sponsored by:
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Starting with the basic principles and components of the nervous system with sensory receptors, neurons and dendrites, and the skeletal muscle circuits the authors unfold the mystery of this communication with simple, elegant mathematical formulas to enhance your understanding of how the nervous system functions in complicated auditory and visual systems, and the brain.
Includes extensive references at the end of each chapter!"
Sponsored by:
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
666 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87942-296-7 (9780879422967)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Sid Deutsch and Alice Deutsch are the authors of Understanding the Nervous System: An Engineering Perspective, published by Wiley.
Content
Preface.
Excitable Tissue.
Sensory Receptors.
Generation of the Action Potential.
Propagation of the Action Potential.
Dendritic Summation.
Lateral Inhibition.
Simple Neuronal Systems.
Skeletal Muscle Circuits.
The Auditory System.
The Eye as a Transducer.
Visual Pattern Recognition, Neural Networks, and "Household Chores".
About the Brain.
Index.
Excitable Tissue.
Sensory Receptors.
Generation of the Action Potential.
Propagation of the Action Potential.
Dendritic Summation.
Lateral Inhibition.
Simple Neuronal Systems.
Skeletal Muscle Circuits.
The Auditory System.
The Eye as a Transducer.
Visual Pattern Recognition, Neural Networks, and "Household Chores".
About the Brain.
Index.