Title:	Exploration of Cortical Function
Authors:	MARTIN STETTER
Keywords:	Exploration
Issue Date:	2002
Publisher:	Springer
Description:	The complexity of the cerebral cortex demands appropriate tools for exploration of its function and its relationship to underlying anatomical wiring. This book presents a discussion of contributions made by computer science to both analysis of biological imaging data and construction of neural models of adult and developing visual cortex. The choice of visual cortex is a particularly fortunate one in that there is a wealth of anatomical, physiological and imaging data available concerning the primary visual cortex, area VI. The author discusses how the tools of the computer scientist can be used to develop statistically sound methods of data analysis for optical imaging of the visual cortex. Since optical imaging is one of the most useful methods available for mapping the patterns of activity of very large ensembles of neurons, it is particularly important that the correct analytic tools be used. The modular organisation of different functions across the surface of visual cortex presents an ideal substrate for refining statistically appropriate approaches to image abstraction. Martin Stetter then goes on to discuss a variety of modelling approaches, based on feasible neural circuits. He describes possible neural substrates that might underlie the observed functional maps seen in area VI and their larger scale implications. These models nicely illustrate the powerful contributions that computer science can make to understanding cortical function.
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/56171
ISBN:	978-94-010-0430-5 (
Appears in Collections:	Population Studies

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