Handbook of Neural Activity Measurement.
Romain Brette and Alain Destexhe (Editors)
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2012 (ISBN 978-0-521-51622-8).
Table of Contents
Preface
- 1. Introduction Romain Brette and Alain Destexhe
- 2. Electrodes Thomas Stieglitz
- 3. Intracellular recording Romain Brette and Alain Destexhe
- 4. Extracellular spikes and CSD Klas H. Pettersen, Henrik Lindén, Anders M. Dale and Gaute T. Einevoll
- 5. Local field potentials Claude Bédard and Alain Destexhe
- 6. EEG and MEG: forward modelling J. C. de Munck, C. H. Wolters and M. Clerc
- 7. EEG and MEG: source estimation Seppo P. Ahlfors and Matti S. Hämäläinen
- 8. Intrinsic signal optical imaging Ron D. Frostig and Cynthia H. Chen-Bee
- 9. Voltage-sensitive dye imaging S. Chemla and F. Chavane
- 10. Calcium imaging Fritjof Helmchen
- 11. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Andreas Bartels, Jozien Goense and Nikos Logothetis
- 12. Perspectives Romain Brette and Alain Destexhe.
Summary
Neuroscientists employ many different techniques to observe the activity of the brain, from single-channel recording to functional imaging (fMRI). Many practical books explain how to use these techniques, but in order to extract meaningful information from the results it is necessary to understand the physical and mathematical principles underlying each measurement. This book covers an exhaustive range of techniques, with each chapter focusing on one in particular. Each author, a leading expert, explains exactly which quantity is being measured, the underlying principles at work, and most importantly the precise relationship between the signals measured and neural activity. The book is an important reference for neuroscientists who use these techniques in their own experimental protocols and need to interpret their results precisely; for computational neuroscientists who use such experimental results in their models; and for scientists who want to develop new measurement techniques or enhance existing ones.
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