Handbook of Neural Activity Measurement
1st Edition
Published on 11. September 2012
978-1-139-55777-1 (ISBN)
Description
Neuroscientists employ many different techniques to observe the activity of the brain, from single-channel recording to functional imaging (fMRI). Many practical books explain how to use these techniques, but in order to extract meaningful information from the results it is necessary to understand the physical and mathematical principles underlying each measurement. This book covers an exhaustive range of techniques, with each chapter focusing on one in particular. Each author, a leading expert, explains exactly which quantity is being measured, the underlying principles at work, and most importantly the precise relationship between the signals measured and neural activity. The book is an important reference for neuroscientists who use these techniques in their own experimental protocols and need to interpret their results precisely, for computational neuroscientists who use such experimental results in their models, and for scientists who want to develop new measurement techniques or enhance existing ones.
Reviews / Votes
"The book is an important reference for neuroscientists who use these techniques in their own experimental protocols and need to interpret heir results precisely; for computational neuroscientists who use such experimental results in their models; and for scientists who want to develop new measurement techniques or enhance existing ones." -Mathematical ReviewsMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cambridge University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
30 Plates, color; 50 Halftones, unspecified; 45 Line drawings, unspecified
File size
18486,93 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-139-55777-1 (9781139557771)
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Romain Brette | Alain Destexhe
Handbook of Neural Activity Measurement
Book
09/2012
1st Edition
Cambridge University Press
€167.10
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Persons
Romain Brette is Associate Professor in the cognitive science department at the Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris. Alain Destexhe is CNRS Research Director in the Laboratory for Computational Neuroscience, Gif-sur-Yvette.
Content
Preface; 1. Introduction Romain Brette and Alain Destexhe; 2. Electrodes Thomas Stieglitz; 3. Intracellular recording Romain Brette and Alain Destexhe; 4. Extracellular spikes and CSD Klas H. Pettersen, Henrik Linden, Anders M. Dale and Gaute T. Einevoll; 5. Local field potentials Claude Bedard and Alain Destexhe; 6. EEG and MEG - forward modelling J. C. de Munck, C. H. Wolters and M. Clerc; 7. EEG and MEG - source estimation Seppo P. Ahlfors and Matti S. Haemaelaeinen; 8. Intrinsic signal optical imaging Ron D. Frostig and Cynthia H. Chen-Bee; 9. Voltage-sensitive dye imaging S. Chemla and F. Chavane; 10. Calcium imaging Fritjof Helmchen; 11. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Andreas Bartels, Jozien Goense and Nikos Logothetis; 12. Perspectives Romain Brette and Alain Destexhe.
