From owner-biophys@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Tue Jul 29 10:39:10 2003 Return-Path: X-Original-To: biophys-outgoing Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with SMTP id 0F9AF7D151 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 10:39:10 +0100 (BST) X-Original-To: biophys-list@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A6137D1C0 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 10:39:09 +0100 (BST) Received: from niobium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (niobium [193.62.192.41]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45C087D151 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 10:39:08 +0100 (BST) Received: (from news@localhost) by niobium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (8.11.6+Sun/8.8.8) id h6T9d7927594 for biophys-list@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 10:39:07 +0100 (BST) X-Authentication-Warning: niobium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk: news set sender to using -f From: a.van.ooyen@nih.knaw.nl (Arjen van Ooyen) X-Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: New Book Date: 29 Jul 2003 10:39:06 +0100 Organization: NIH Lines: 38 Message-ID: <3F2640B8.C5AA1CFB@nih.knaw.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: news@net.bio.net X-Original-To: biophys@net.bio.net X-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E46E7D1C0 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 10:39:06 +0100 (BST) X-Received: from ns1.ioi.knaw.nl (ns1.ioi.knaw.nl [194.171.152.2]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1DE57D151 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 10:39:05 +0100 (BST) X-Received: from nih.knaw.nl ([192.87.10.158]) by ns1.ioi.knaw.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA04430 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 11:39:05 +0200 (MET DST) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en X-To: biophys@net.bio.net To: biophys@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Sender: owner-biophys@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Modeling Neural Development Edited by Arjen van Ooyen The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2003 This is one of the first books to study neural development using computational and mathematical modeling. Most neural modeling focuses on information processing in the adult nervous system; Modeling Neural Development shows how models can be used to study the development of the nervous system at different levels of organization and at different phases of development, from molecule to system and from neurulation to cognition. The book's fourteen chapters follow loosely the chronology of neural development. Chapters 1 and 2 study the very early development of the nervous system, discussing gene networks, cell differentiation, and neural tube development. Chapters 3-5 examine neuronal morphogenesis and neurite outgrowth. Chapters 6-8 study different aspects of the self-organization of neurons into networks. Chapters 9-12 cover refinement of connectivity and the development of specific connectivity patterns. Chapters 13 and 14 focus on some of the functional implications of morphology and development. For more information, go to http://www.anc.ed.ac.uk/~arjen/papers/ModelingNeuralDevelopment.html -- Dr. Arjen van Ooyen Netherlands Institute for Brain Research Meibergdreef 33, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands Email: A.van.Ooyen@nih.knaw.nl Website: http://www.anc.ed.ac.uk/~arjen Phone: +31.20.5665483 Fax: +31.20.6961006 --- .