Micro-, Meso- and Macro-Dynamics of the Brain.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Hippocampal Mechanisms for the Segmentation of Space by Goals and Boundaries -- Introduction -- Goals and Other Boundaries Anchor and Alter the Hippocampal Place Code -- The Hippocampus Organizes the Spatial Code into Temporal Sequences -- Theta Sequences Code for Behaviorally Relevant Spatial Segments -- How Could Theta Sequences Be Integrated by Post-synaptic Readers? -- Conclusion -- References -- Cortical Evolution: Introduction to the Reptilian Cortex -- Reptilian Brain Structure and Evolution -- Basic Architecture and Functional Features -- Vertical Connectivity -- Horizontal Connectivity -- Physiological Adaptations of the Reptilian Brain -- Brain and Behavior -- References -- Flow of Information Underlying a Tactile Decision in Mice -- Introduction -- Head-Fixed Tactile Decision Behavior and Involved Cortical Regions -- Premotor Dynamics Underlying Motor Planning -- Open Questions -- References -- The Visual Brain: Computing Through Multiscale Complexity -- Introduction -- The Synaptic Imprint of Mesoscopic ``Immergence�� in Visual RFs -- Synaptic Correlates of Perceptual Gestalt Laws in the ``Silent Surround�� of V1 RFs -- Conclusion -- References -- Grid Cells and Spatial Maps in Entorhinal Cortex and Hippocampus -- Place Cells and Grid Cells -- Discretization of the Entorhinal Grid Map -- Combinatorics in Grid Cells and Remapping in Place Cells -- Topography in Parahippocampal Systems -- Mechanisms of Grid Spacing -- Shearing-Induced Asymmetries in Grid Cells -- Oblique Effect in Grids? -- Conclusions -- References -- The Striatum and Decision-Making Based on Value -- References -- Decoding the Dynamics of Conscious Perception: The Temporal Generalization Method -- The Temporal Generalization Method -- Advantages of Multivariate Decoding Methods.

A Test Using Auditory Novelty Signals -- Late Metastable Activity as a Signature of Consciousness -- Conclusion -- References -- Sleep and Synaptic Down-Selection -- Sleep Is Universal and Probably Essential, But Why? -- Sleep Helps Memory Consolidation, Gist Extraction, and Integration -- Sleep Helps Memory, But How? Is It Replay or Synaptic Down-Selection? -- Synapses Get Stronger in Wake and Weaker in Sleep -- SHY: The Price of Plasticity -- References -- Psyche, Signals and Systems -- Introduction -- Signals of Conscious Perception -- Late Extracellular Signals -- Distributed Processing in the Cortex -- Feedback Processing -- Biophysical Foundations of Signals Associated with Conscious Perception -- Biophysics Related to Electric Measurements -- Biological Electric Field Contributors -- Synaptic Activity -- Active Membrane Currents -- Non-neural Contributors (Glia, etc.) -- Monitoring Neural Activity -- Local Monitoring -- Spatially Distributed Monitoring -- From Cellular Biophysics to Systems and Computations Associated with Conscious Perception -- Towards a (Unifying) Theory/Framework of Conscious Perception -- References -- Federating and Integrating What We Know About the Brain at All Scales: Computer Science Meets the Clinical Neurosciences -- Introduction -- Syndromic Diagnosis -- A Theory of the Brain -- Computers -- Data and Data Mining -- Simulating the Brain -- Data Provenance -- Disease Signatures -- Data Mining and Medical Data -- Human Brain Project -- Clinical Neuroscience-Related Big Data Initiatives -- Box 1. Big data initiatives: a selection -- Changing the Culture -- References -- Index.

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