THEORY OF CORTICAL PLASTICITY [W/ CD]

In Theory of Cortical Plasticity, Nobel Laureate Leon Cooper and his collaborators present a systematic development of the Bienenstock, Cooper and Munro (BCM) theory of synaptic plasticity, and discuss experiments that test both its assumptions and consequences.This insightful book provides an elegant analysis of theoretical structure in neuroscience research, and elucidates the role BCM theory has played in guiding research leading to our present understanding of the mechanisms underlying cortical plasticity.This book has been selected for coverage in: - CC / Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences- Neuroscience Citation Index(R)- Index to Scientific Book Contents(R) (ISBC)

Leon N Cooper is the Thomas J Watson Senior Professor of Science at Brown University. He specializes in theoretical physics, including low-temperature physics, and has also done theoretical work in modeling neural networks, which are networks of nerve cells. Dr Cooper is the director of the Brown University Institute for Brain and Neural Systems and Brain Science Program, which consist of a group of scientists applying various disciplines to the study of the brain. He is also a professor in the departments of Physics and Neuroscience at Brown University.

Dr Cooper was awarded the Comstock Prize by the National Academy of Science in 1968, the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1972, the Descartes Medal by the Academie de Paris in 1977, and the College de France Medal in 2000. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for Advancement of Science, Phi Beta Kappa, and Sigma Xi. He is a member of the American Philosophical Society, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Society for Neuro-science. He is chairman of Sention, Inc., a company that specializes in products that enhance the process of memory storage.