About the Book
Recent years have seen a remarkable expansion of knowledge about the anatomical organization of the part of the brain known as the basal ganglia, the signal processing that occurs in these structures, and the many relations both to molecular mechanisms and to cognitive functions. This book brings together the biology and computational features of the basal ganglia and their related cortical areas along with select examples of how this knowledge can be integrated into neural network models. Organized in four parts - fundamentals, motor functions and working memories, reward mechanisms, and cognitive and memory operations - the chapters present a mixture of theory, cognitive psychology, anatomy, and both cellular- and systems-level physiology written by experts in each of these areas. The editors have provided commentaries as a helpful guide to each part. Contributors include: James L. Adams, P. Apicella, Michael Arbib, Dana H. Ballard, Andrew G. Barto, J. Brian Burns, Christopher I. Connolly, Peter F. Dominey, Richard P. Dum, John Gabrieli, M. Garcia-Munoz, Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic, Ann M. Graybiel, P.M. Groves, Mary M. Hayhoe, J.R. Hollerman, George Houghton, James C.
Houk, Stephen Jackson, Minoru Kimura, A.B. Kirillov, Rolf Koetter, J.C. Linder, T. Ljungberg, M.S. Manley, M.E. Martone, J. Mirenowicz, C.D. Myre, Jeff Pelz, Nathalie Picard, R. Romo, S.F. Sawyer, E. Scarnati, Wolfram Schultz, Peter L. Strick, Charles J. Wilson, Jeff Wickens, Donald J. Woodward and S.J. Young.
Table of Contents:
Part 1 Fundamentals: information processing in modular circuits linking basal ganglia and cerebral cortex, James C. Houk; context-dependent activity in primate striatum reflecting past and future behavioural events, Wolfram Schultz et al; the contribution of cortical neurons to the firing pattern of striatal spiny neurons, Charles J. Wilson; elements of the intrinsic organization and information processing in the neostriatum, Philip M. Groves et al. Part 2 Motor functions and working memories: adaptive neural networks in the basal ganglia, Ann M. Graybiel and Minoru Kimura; macro-organization of the circuits connecting the basal ganglia with the cortical motor areas, Peter L. Strick et al; toward a circuit model of working memory and the guidance of voluntary motor action, Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic; modelling the roles of basal ganglia in timing and sequencing saccadic eye movements, Michael A. Arbib and Peter Dominey; a state-space striatal model, Christopher I. Connolly and J. Brian Burns. Part 3 Reward mechanisms: cellular models of reinforcement, Jeff Wickens and Rolf Kotter; adaptive critics and the basal ganglia, Andrew G. Barto; reward-related signals carried by dopamine neurons, Wolfram Schultz et al; a model of how the basal ganglia generate and use neural signals that predict reinforcement, James C. Houk et al. Part 4 Cognitive and memory operations: contribution of the basal ganglia to skill learning and working memory in humans, John Gabrieli; memory limits in sensorimotor tasks, Dana H, Ballard et al; neostriatal circuitry as a scalar memory - modelling and ensemble neuron recording, Donald J. Woodward et al; sensorimotor selection and the basal ganglia - a neural network model, Stephen Jackson and George Houghton.
About the Author :
Joel L. Davis is Program Officer, Cognitive, Neural, and Biomolecular Science and Technology Division, Office of Naval Research.
