Nanoneuroscience
Woolf, Nancy J.; Priel, Avner
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Description for Nanoneuroscience
Paperback. This book describes how biomolecules contribute to the operations of synapses and perform other computationally relevant functions inside dendrites. It presents new ideas that address puzzling open questions, and offers new insights into disorders of the mind. Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Num Pages: 292 pages, 12 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MQW; PHVN; PSAN; TBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
Nanoneuroscience is the study of computationally relevant biomolecules found inside neurons. Because of recent technological advances at the nanometer scale, scientists have at their disposal increasingly better ways to study the brain and the biophysics of its molecules. This book describes how biomolecules contribute to the operations of synapses and perform other computationally relevant functions inside dendrites. These biomolecular operations considerably expand the brain-computer analogy - endowing each neuron with the processing power of a silicon-based multiprocessor. Amazingly, the brain contains hundreds of billions of neurons.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Series
Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642261978
SKU
V9783642261978
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Ref
99-15
About Woolf, Nancy J.; Priel, Avner
Nancy J. Woolf teaches behavioral neuroscience and neuropharmacology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She received her Ph.D. in Neuroscience at UCLA School of Medicine in 1983. Her areas of research include the organization of acetylcholine systems, neural plasticity and memory, neural degeneration and Alzheimer’s disease, and consciousness and cognition. She is specifically interested in microtubules in cognition and disease. ... Read more
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