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Advances in Neural Population Coding

Miguel Nicolelis.
Elsevier Science, July 1, 2001.
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Auditory Computation

H. Hawkins, T. McMullin, A.N. Popper, R.R. Fay (Eds.)
Springer-Verlag Publishers, September, 1995.
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Bayesian Brain:

Probabilistic Approaches to Neural Coding
Edited by Kenji Doya, Shin Ishii, Alexandre Pouget and Rajesh P. N. Rao.
MIT Press, January 2007.
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Biophysics of Computation:

Information Processing in Single Neurons
By Christof Koch
Oxford University Press, November 1998 (paper Oct. 2004).
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The Book of GENESIS:

Exploring Realistic Neural Models with the GEneral NEural SImulation System

Introduction and tutorial for the GENESIS modeling package, and its' graphical interface, XODUS. Developed at the annual Methods in Computational Neuroscience course at the Woods Hole Marine Biology Laboratory, and further class tested at Cal Tech and elsewhere.
By James Bower and David Beeman.
Springer-Verlag Publishers, 2nd edition, Sept. 1997.
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[FREE on-line edition through the GENESIS users group BABEL]

Bursting:

The Genesis of Rhythm in the Nervous System
Edited by Stephen Coombes, Paul Bressloff.
World Scientific, October 30, 2005.
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Computational Cell Biology

Edited by Christopher Fall, Eric Marland, John Wagner, John Tyson.
Springer, July 9, 2002 (Corr. 3rd printing, 2004).
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Computational Maps in the Visual Cortex

The TOC and a sample chapter, electronic versions of the figures and references, animated demos, talks, and course material are available at the book website.
By Risto Miikkulainen, James A. Bednar, Yoonsuck Choe, Joseph Sirosh.
Springer, August 9, 2005.
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Computational Modeling of Genetic and Biochemical Networks

Edited by James M. Bower and Hamid Bolouri.
MIT Press, January, 2001.
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Computational Neuroanatomy:

Principles and Methods

Individual chapter abstracts are available from the publisher, and a detailed table of contents is available from the editor.
Edited by Giorgio Ascoli.
Humana Press, July 2002.
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The Computational Neurobiology of Reaching and Pointing:

A Foundation for Motor Learning
By Reza Shadmehr and Steven P. Wise.
MIT Press, January 2005.
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Computational Neuroscience

Edited by Eric Schwartz.
MIT Press, May 1990.
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Computational Neuroscience:

A Comprehensive Approach
By Jianfeng Feng.
CRC Press, October 20, 2003.
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Computational Neuroscience:

Cortical Dynamics
Edited by Péter Érdi, Anna Esposito, Maria Marinaro, Silvia Scarpetta.
Springer, September 20, 2004.
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Computational Neuroscience:

Realistic Modeling for Experimentalists
By Erik De Schutter.
CRC Press, November 22, 2000.
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Computational Neuroscience in Epilepsy

Edited by Ivan Soltesz, Kevin Staley.
Elsevier, February 14, 2008.
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Computational Neuroscience of Vision

By Edmund T. Rolls and Gustavo Deco.
Oxford University Press, February, 2002.
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The Computing Neuron

Edited by Richard Durbin, Christopher Miall, and Graeme Mitchison.
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Corticonics

By Moshe Abeles.
Cambridge University Press, February, 1991.
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Databasing the Brain:

From Data to Knowledge

Edited by Steven Koslow, Shankar Subramaniam.
Wiley, March, 2005.
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Dendrites

Edited by: Greg Stuart, Nelson Spruston, Michael Hausser.
Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, December 1, 2007.
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Dynamic Biological Networks:

The Stomatogastric Nervous System
Edited by Ronald Harris-Warrick, Eve Marder, Allen Selverston and Maurice Moulins.
MIT Press, October, 1992.
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Dynamical Systems in Neuroscience:

The Geometry of Excitability and Bursting

An additional Chapter 10 (Synchronization) is available from the author.
By Eugene M. Izhikevich.
MIT Press, November, 2006.
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Fast Oscillations in Cortical Circuits

By Roger Traub, John Jefferys and Miles Whittington.
MIT Press, June 1999.
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From Computer to Brain:

Foundations of Computational Neuroscience
By William W. Lytton.
Springer, October, 2002.
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Foundations of Cellular Neurophysiology

By Daniel Johnston and Samuel Miao-Sin Wu.
MIT Press, 1994.
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Fundamentals of Computational Neuroscience

By Thomas Trappenberg.
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Introduction to Dynamic Modeling of Neuro-Sensory Systems

By Robert Northrop.
CRC Press, November, 2000.
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Introduction to Theoretical Neurobiology:

Volume 1, Linear Cable Theory and Dendritic Structure
By Henry C. Tuckwell.
Cambridge University Press, September, 2005.
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Introduction to Theoretical Neurobiology:

Volume 2, Nonlinear and Stochastic Theories
By Henry C. Tuckwell.
Cambridge University Press, September, 2005.
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Ionic Channels of Excitable Membranes

By Bertil Hille.
Sinauer Associates, 3rd edition, 2001.
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Methods in Neuronal Modeling:

From Ions to Networks

Software to accompany nearly every chapter in the book is available from Christof Koch.
Edited by Christof Koch and Idan Segev.
MIT Press, 2nd edition, 1998.
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Modeling in the Neurosciences:

From Biological Systems to Neuromimetic Robotics

Table of Contents is available from the publisher.
Edited by: G. N. Reeke, R.R. Poznanski, K. A. Lindsay, J.R. Rosenberg and O. Sporns.
CRC Press, March, 2005.
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Modeling Neural Development

Table of Contents , including author list, is available from Arjen van Ooyen.
Edited by Arjen van Ooyen.
MIT Press, September, 2003.
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Neural Engineering:

Computation, Representation, and Dynamics in Neurobiological Systems
By Chris Eliasmith and Charles H. Anderson.
MIT Press, December 2002.
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Neural Network Simulation Environments

Provides descriptions of some of the best [then] current simulation software. Included are: Aspirin/Migraines, CAJAL, MUME, NBC, NeMoSys, NEURON, NEXUS, NSL, Rochester Connectionist Simulation Environment, SNNS, and SWIM.
Edited by Josef Skrzypek.
Springer, 1994.
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Neural Organization:

Structure, Function, and Dynamics
By Michael A. Arbib, Peter Erdi, and Janos Szentagothai.
MIT Press, 1998.
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The Neural Simulation Language:

A System for Brain Modeling
By Alfredo Weitzenfeld, Michael A. Arbib and Amanda Alexander.
MIT Press, May, 2002.
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Neurobiology of Neural Networks

Edited by Daniel Gardner.
MIT Press, August 1993.
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Neuroinformatics

Table of Contents from the publisher.
Edited by Chiquito J. Crasto.
Humana Press, July 2007.
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The Neuron Book

The authoritative reference on NEURON, the modeling system for the study of biological neurons and neural networks. This guide will show you how to use the NEURON simulation environment to construct and apply empirically-based models.
By Nicholas T. Carnevale and Michael L. Hines.
Cambridge University Press, Available January 2006.
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Neuronal Networks of the Hippocampus

By Roger D. Traub.
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Neuroscience:

A Mathematical Primer
By Alwyn Scott.
Springer, June 19, 2002.
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Neuroscience Databases:

A Practical Guide

Table of Contents
Edited by Rolf Kötter.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, September, 2002.
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Olfaction:

A Model System for Computational Neuroscience
Edited by Joel Davis and Howard Eichenbaum
MIT Press, November 4, 1991.
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Probabilistic Models of the Brain:

Perception and Neural Function
Edited by Rajesh P. N. Rao, Bruno A. Olshausen, and Michael S. Lewicki.
MIT Press, February, 2002.
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Simulating, Analyzing, and Animating Dynamical Systems:

A Guide to Xppaut for Researchers and Students (Software, Environments, Tools)
By Bard Ermentrout.
SIAM, March 7, 2002.
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Single Neuron Computation

By McKenna, Davis, Zormetzer.
Academic Press, April 1992.
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Spikes:

Exploring the Neural Code

How the spike train encodes sensory information. Draws on examples from experimental work across several biological systems. Reviews relevant concepts from information theory and statistical decision theory.
By Fred Rieke, David Warland, Rob de Ruyter van Steveninck, and William Bialek.
MIT Press, 1996.
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Spiking Neuron Models:

Single Neurons, Populations, Plasticity

Undergraduate textbook aimed at those taking courses in computational neuroscience, theoretical biology, biophysics, or neural networks.
By Wulfram Gerstner, Werner M. Kistler
Cambridge University Press, August 15, 2002.
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[An HTML version is available free on-line from the first author]

The Synaptic Organization of the Brain

Describes principles underlying the organization of neurons and synapses into the circuits that mediate functional operations of various brain regions. Results from the mouse and human genome projects are included for the first time.
Edited by Gordon Shepherd.
Oxford University Press, 5th edition, October 2003.
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Thalamocortical Assemblies:

How Ion Channels, Single Neurons and Large-Scale Networks Organize Sleep Oscillations
By Alain Destexhe and Terrence Sejnowski.
Oxford University Press, October 18, 2001.
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The Theoretical Foundation of Dendritic Function:

Selected Papers of Wilfrid Rall with Commentaries
Edited by Idan Segev, John Rinzel, and Gordon M. Shepherd.
MIT Press, 1995.
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Theoretical Neuroscience:

Computational and Mathematical Modeling of Neural Systems

Exercises to accompany most chapters (often including matlab code and data) are available.
By Peter Dayan and L. F. Abbott.
MIT Press, December 2001.
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Tutorials in Mathematical Biosciences I:

Mathematical Neuroscience
By Alla Borisyuk, G. Bard Ermentrout, Avner Friedman, David Terman
Springer, April, 2005
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Tutorials in Mathematical Biosciences II:

Mathematical Modeling of Calcium Dynamics and Signal Transduction
Edited by James Sneyd.
Springer, August, 2005
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Weakly Connected Neural Networks

By Frank Hoppensteadt and Eugene Izhikevich.
Springer, January 15, 1997.
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