Full title: Principles of neural design / Peter Sterling and Simon Laughlin.

Author/creator: Laughlin, Simon, Sterling, Peter, 1940-.

Call Numbers: G 2015/3673

Record Identifier: 74VKRa5gN2ZM

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: xxiii, 542 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm., , , , What engineers know about design -- Why an animal needs a brain -- Why a bigger brain? -- How bigger brains are organized -- Information processing : from molecules to molecular circuits -- Information processing in protein circuits -- Design of neurons and glia : to follow the principles break every rule -- How photoreceptors optimize the capture of visual information -- The fly lamina : an interface for high-speed vision -- Design of neural circuits : recoding analog signals to digital -- Principles of retinal design -- Beyond the retina : pathways to perception and action -- Principles of efficient wiring -- Learning as design/design of learning.

Publishers: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015]

Notes: Principles. Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-518) and index.

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DDC: 612.82

MMS ID: 991023148179702626