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Computational Neuroscience
This special volume of Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science brings together different aspects of, and approaches to, molecular and multi-scale modeling, with consequences for a diverse range of neurological diseases.
Kim L. Blackwell (Volume editor)
9780123978974, Elsevier Science
Hardback, published 29 April 2014
440 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.8 cm, 0.68 kg
Praise for the series: "Full of interest not only for the molecular biologist-for whom the numerous references will be invaluable-but will also appeal to a much wider circle of biologists, and in fact to all those who are concerned with the living cell." --British Medical Journal
Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science provides a forum for discussion of new discoveries, approaches, and ideas in molecular biology. It contains contributions from leaders in their fields and abundant references. This volume brings together different aspects of, and approaches to, molecular and multi-scale modeling, with applications to a diverse range of neurological diseases. Mathematical and computational modeling offers a powerful approach for examining the interaction between molecular pathways and ionic channels in producing neuron electrical activity. It is well accepted that non-linear interactions among diverse ionic channels can produce unexpected neuron behavior and hinder a deep understanding of how ion channel mutations bring about abnormal behavior and disease. Interactions with the diverse signaling pathways activated by G protein coupled receptors or calcium influx adds an additional level of complexity. Modeling is an approach to integrate myriad data sources into a cohesive and quantitative model in order to evaluate hypotheses about neuron function. In particular, a validated model developed using in vitro data allows simulations of the response to in vivo like spatio-temporal patterns of synaptic input. Incorporating molecular signaling pathways into an electrical model, allows a greater range of models to be developed, ones that can predict the response to pharmaceuticals, many of which target neuromodulator pathways.
Angelika Lampert and Alon Korngreen
Erik Fransen
Na Yu, Kristal R. Tucker, Edwin S. Levitan, Paul D. Shepard and Carmen C. Canavier
Aman Ullah, Peter Jung, Ghanim Ullah and Khaled Machaca
M. Saleet Jafri and Rashmi Kumar
Honda Naoki and Shin Ishii
Padmini Rangamani, Granville Yuguang Xiong and Ravi Iyengar
Toma M. Marinov and Fidel Santamaria
Marja-Leena Linne and Tuula O. Jalonen
Bertil Hille, Eamonn Dickson, Martin Kruse and Bjoern Falkenburger
Zachary H. Taxin, Samuel A. Neymotin, Ashutosh Mohan, Peter Lipton and William W. Lytton
Anu G. Nair, Omar Gutierrez-Arenas, Olivia Eriksson, Alexandra Jauhiainen, Kim T. Blackwell and Jeanette Hellgren Kotaleski
Jason S. Rothman and R. Angus Silver
Upinder S. Bhalla
Subject Areas: Neurosciences [PSAN], Ecological science, the Biosphere [PSAF], Neurology & clinical neurophysiology [MJN]