Brain Function and Oscillations - Ba¿ar, Erol

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Résumé :
Neuroscience is ripe for a paradigm change as Freeman and Mountcastle describe. Brain Oscillations provide an important key to this change. In this book the functional importance of the brain's multiple oscillations is treated with an integrative scope. According to the author, neurophysiology and cognition demand integrative approaches similar to those of Galilei and Newton in physics and of Darwin in biology. Not only the human brain but also lower brains and ganglia of invertebrates are treated with electrophysical methods. Experiments on sensory registration, perception, movement, and cognitive processes related to attention, learning, and memory are described. A synopsis on brain functions leads to a new neuron assemblies doctrine, extending the concept of Sherrington, and new trends in this field. The book will appeal to scientists and graduate students.

Sommaire:
I. Dynamics of Electrical Signals in the Animal Brain.- 1. Dynamics of Potentials in the Visual and Auditory Pathway, Hippocampus, and Reticular Formation of the Cat Brain.- 2. Cross-Modality Experiments on the Cat Brain.- 3. Selectively Distributed Gamma-Band Responses Studied in Cortex, Reticular Formation, Hippocampus, and Cerebellum.- 4. Highest Frequency Range in Reticular Formation and Inferior Colliculus (100-1000 Hz).- 5. The Brain of the Sleeping Cat: Dynamics of Electrical Signals.- 6. Dynamics of Potentials from Invertebrate Brains.- 7. Dynamics of Potentials from the Brain of Anamniotes (Vertebrates).- 8. Frequency Response of the Cat Brain Is Influenced by Pharmacological Agents.- II. The Human Brain: Dynamics of EEG, Evoked Potentials, and MEG.- 9. Evoked Alpha and Theta Responses in Humans to Auditory and Visual Stimuli.- 10. Cross-Modality Experiments in Humans.- 11. The Bisensory Evoked Theta Response - A Correlate of Supramodal Association?.- 12. Evoked Delta Oscillations on the Hearing Threshold.- 13. Evoked Oscillations in Magnetoencephalography.- III. Cognitive Processes.- 14. Selective Attention and Memory: Neurophysiology and Cognitive Psychology.- 15. Memory Templates in Event-Related Oscillations, P300, MMN.- 16. Dynamics of Compound Potentials (P300) in Freely Moving Cats.- 17. The Compound P300-40Hz Response of the Cat Hippocampus.- 18. Event-Related Potentials During States of High Expectancy: Results on the Cat Hippocampus, Cortex, and Reticular Formation.- 19. Event-Related Potentials During States of High Expectancy and Attention in Human Subjects.- 20. Topological Distribution of Oddball P300 Responses.- 21. Wavelet Analysis of Oddball P300.- 22. Dynamic Memory Manifested by Induced Alpha.- 23. Event-Related Oscillationsas a Strategy in Cognition Research.- IV. Integrative Systems in Brain Function.- 24. Functional Alphas Selectively Distributed in the Brain - A Theory.- 25. Theta Rhythms in Integrative Brain Function.- 26. Gamma-Band Responses in the Brain: Functional Significance.- 27. Structures, Brain Waves, and Their Functions.- 28. Brain Functioning: Integrative Models.- 29. EEG and Event-Related Oscillations as Brain Alphabet.- 30. Event-Related Oscillations in Brain Function.- V. Conclusion.- 31. An Integrative Neurophysiology Based on Brain Oscillations.- 32. A Neurons-Brain Doctrine: New Thoughts.- 33. Epilogue: EEG Oscillations in Integrative-Cognitive Neurophysiology.- References.- Author Index.

From the reviews These books are very-well written and provide a strong background for explaining neural oscillations ... We strongly believe that the contents of these two volumes will be very useful for those neurophysiologists, biomedical engineers, clinical researchers, physicians, and graduate students who are working in all areas of brain research. (M. Akay & P. Bonetto, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999) This book contains a wealth of new experimental findings, techniques for analysis and theoretical conceptions. Anyone interested in brain oscillations and cortical information processing in general will enjoy reading this book. (W. Klimesch, Trends in Cognitive Science, 1999) One's response to this pair of volumes will inevitably depend of what kind of explanation one finds 'satisfying' .... Nevertheless, this is a landmark publication which may have an inspirational effect on other workers on the field. (S. Jones, Clinical Neurophysiology, 1999)