Understanding the Nervous System - An Engineering Perspective

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, the authors unfold the mystery of this communication with simple, elegant models to enhance your understanding of how the nervous system functions. "Understanding the Nervous System" provides engineers with simplified models of the auditory system, the visual system, and, to the extent that it is known, how the brain functions.

Sommario

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.

Info autore

Sid Deutsch and Alice Deutsch are the authors of Understanding the Nervous System: An Engineering Perspective, published by Wiley.

Riassunto

"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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alice Deutsch, S Deutsch, Sid Deutsch, Sid (University of South Florida Deutsch, Sid Deutsch Deutsch, Deutsch Alice, Deutsch Sid
• Editore: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 08.01.1993
• EAN: 9780879422967
• ISBN: 978-0-87942-296-7
• Pagine: 412
• Serie: IEEE Press Understanding Scien; IEEE Press Understanding Scien; IEEE Press Understanding Science & Technology Series
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Tecnica > Elettronica, elettrotecnica, telecomunicazioni; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, MEDICAL / Neurology, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Animal Physiology, Zoology and animal sciences