
Neurons, Networks, and Motor Behavior
MIT Press
Published on 26. July 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
319 pages
978-0-262-69227-4 (ISBN)
Description
Recent advances in motor behavior research rely on detailed knowledge of the characteristics of the neurons and networks that generate motor behavior. At the cellular level, Neurons, Networks, and Motor Behavior describes the computational characteristics of individual neurons and how these characteristics are modified by neuromodulators. At the network and behavioral levels, the volume discusses how network structure is dynamically modulated to produce adaptive behavior. Comparisons of model systems throughout the animal kingdom provide insights into general principles of motor control. Contributors describe how networks generate such motor behaviors as walking, swimming, flying, scratching, reaching, breathing, feeding, and chewing. An emerging principle of organization is that nervous systems are remarkably efficient in constructing neural networks that control multiple tasks and dynamically adapt to change.The volume contains six sections: selection and initiation of motor patterns; generation and formation of motor patterns: cellular and systems properties; generation and formation of motor patterns: computational approaches; modulation and reconfiguration; short-term modulation of pattern generating circuits; and sensory modification of motor output to control whole body orientation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: From College Freshman to College Graduate Student
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 274 mm
Width: 211 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
658 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-69227-4 (9780262692274)
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Persons
Sten Grillner is Director of the Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.
Editor
University of California, San Diego
University of Arizona
Francis Crick ProfessorSalk Institute for Biological Studies
ProfessorMassachusetts Institute of Technology