The Book of GENESIS

The Book of GENESIS, in its new, 2nd edition, remains an invaluable modeling and simulation resource and tool for a wide audience of neuroscience students, researchers and professionals. The addition of new chapter materials in the book, and the availability of a cross-platform CD-ROM containing all of the source code to the latest version of the GENESIS software, version 2.1, as well as many other important new components to the GENESIS system, give this new edition significant added-value for current and prospective users.

Completely updated edition ties directly into the latest version of the GENESIS software Includes a CD-ROM containing all the source code to GENESIS, plus many other new components

Inhalt
I Neurobiological Tutorials with GENESIS.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Compartmental Modeling.- 3 Neural Modeling with GENESIS.- 4 The HodgkinHuxley Model.- 5 Cable and Compartmental Models of Dendritic Trees.- 6 Temporal Interactions Between Postsynaptic Potentials.- 7 Ion Channels in Bursting Neurons.- 8 Central Pattern Generators.- 9 Dynamics of Cerebral Cortical Networks.- 10 The Network Within: Signaling Pathways.- II Creating Simulations with GENESIS.- 11 Constructing New Models.- 12 Introduction to GENESIS Programming.- 13 Simulating a Neuron Soma.- 14 Adding Voltage-Activated Channels.- 15 Adding Dendrites and Synapses.- 16 Automating Cell Construction with the Cell Reader.- 17 Building a Cell with Neurokit.- 18 Constructing Neural Circuits and Networks.- 19 Implementing Other Types of Channels.- 20 Speeding Up GENESIS Simulations.- 21 Large-Scale Simulation Using Parallel GENESIS.- 22 Advanced XODUS Techniques: Simulation Visualization.- A Acquiring and Installing GENESIS.- A.1 System Requirements.- A.2 Using the CD-ROM.- A.3 Obtaining GENESIS over the Internet.- A.4 Installation and Documentation.- A.5 Copyright Notice.- B GENESIS Script Listings.- B.1 tutorial2.g.- B.2 tutorial3.g.- B.3 tutorial4.g.- B.4 tutorial5.g.- B.5 hhchan.g.- B.6 hhchan_K.g.- B.7 userprefs.g.- B.8 cellproto.g.- Index of GENESIS Commands.- Index of GENESIS Objects.