Books

• Spiking Neuron Models, Wulfram Gerstner, Werner M. Kistler (online) rating: *****
• Theoretical Neuroscience Peter Dayan, Laurence F. Abbott (Chapter 7: Network Models online) Amazon
• Principles of Neural Science Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz, Thomas M. Jessell *****
• Pulsed Neural Networks Wolfgang Maass, Christopher M. Bishop
• Introduction to Connectionist Modelling of Cognitive Processes, Peter McLeod, Kim Plunkett and Edmund T. Rolls
• Computational Neuroscience of Vision, Edmund T. Rolls, Gustavo Deco (Amazon)
• The Quest for Consciousness - A Neurobiological Approach Christof Koch ("Looking at yourself", a book review by Jeremy Wolfe)
• The Unity of Consciousness Axel Cleeremans (foreword by Prof. Chris Frith, content is mainly a summary of a conference, review)
• Dynamical Grammar - Minimalism, Acquisition, and Change (recommended by co-author Prof. Andrzej Nowak)
• An introduction to neural networks, James A. Andersen (recommended by Dr. Joseph Krummenacher)
• Kognitive Modellierung mit Neuronalen Netzen, Siegfried Macho (recommended by Dr. Joseph Krummenacher)
• Computational Explorations in Cognitive Neuroscience: Understanding the mind by simulating the brain (Randall C. O'Reilly, recommended by Markus Goldbach)
• The Brain and Emotion (Edmund T. Rolls, review on Thymos review on BBSonline)
• Stephen Palmer: Vision Science
• Biophysics of Computation: Information Processing in Single Neurons (author: Christof Koch, online chapters: 1, 5, 6, 13, and 14)
• Foundations of Cellular Neurophysiology Daniel Johnston, Samuel Miao-Sin Wu (chapter 1 and 2 were recommended by Prof. Gustavo Deco)
• Spikes: Exploring the Neural Code, Fred Rieke, David Warland, et al. (Amazon)
• The Computational Brain, Patricia Churchland, Terrence J. Sejnowski (Amazon) (German title: "Grundlagen zur Neuroinformatik und Neurobiologie")
• Spikes, Decisions, and Actions: The Dynamical Foundations of Neuroscience Hugh R. Wilson (Amazon)
• Methods in Neuronal Modeling - 2nd Edition: From Ions to Networks Christof Koch, Idan Segev (Amazon)
• Fundamentals of Computational Neuroscience Thomas P. Trappenberg (Amazon)
• Neural Engineering: Computation, Representation, and Dynamics in Neurobiological Systems Chris Eliasmith, C. H. Anderson (Amazon)
• Multiple View Geometry in Computer Vision Richard Hartley, Andrew Zisserman (some sample chapters online)
• Three-Dimensional Computer Vision Olivier Faugeras
• Computer Vision: A Modern Approach; by David A. Forsyth & Jean Ponce (also see personal copy, restricted access for personal use)
• Introductory Techniques for 3-D Computer Vision; by Emanuele Trucco & Alessandro Verri
• The Geometry of Multiple Images: The Laws That Govern the Formation of Multiple Images of a Scene and Some of Their Applications; by Olivier Faugeras, Quang-Tuan Luong, Theodore H. Papadopoullos; MIT Press; 2001
• Neuro- und Sinnesphysiologie Schmidt, Schaible, Springer Verlag (sample chapter, contents, language: German)
• Biologische Psychologie, Schandry
• Advise for a Young Investigator (Santiago Ramon y Cajal)
• Goldsmith, E.B. (1999) Sensation and Perception 5th ed. Brooks/Cole Publishing
• Corticonics: Neural Circuits of the Cerebral Cortex. Abeles M. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press pp. 280 (1991).
• Memory in the Cerebral Cortex Joaquin M. Fuster
• Cortex and Mind Joaquin M. Fuster 2002
• Functional Brain Areas

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Articles

• Theory of Synaptic Plasticity, Prof. J. Leo van Hemmen, DE
• Intercellular communication in the brain: wiring versus volume transmission
• Neural oscillations Xiao-Jing Wang, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, USA
• Cerebral navigation: How do nerve fibers know what direction to grow in? Aaron Patnode
• Brain Briefings: Axon Guidance Society for Neuroscience
• Interneuron Diversity series: Circuit complexity and axon wiring economy of cortical interneurons, Buzsáki, Geisler, Henze, Xiao-Jing Wang, Trends in Neurosciences, Vol. 27 No. 4 April 2004
• Brain or vein--oxygenation or flow? On signal physiology in functional MRI of human brain activation (fMRI)
• Neuronal Processing: How fast is the speed of thought?
• Neuronal Networks: Flip-Flops in the Brain (David A. Cormick, Current Biology, Vol. 15, Issue 8, 2005)
• The dynamics of object-selective activation correlate with recognition performance in humans (Kalanit Grill-Spector et al., Israel / MIT)
• Information in the Neuronal Representation of Individual Stimuli in the Primate Temporal Visual Cortex (Edmund T. Rolls, Martin J. Tovee et al.)
• Emotional Learning: A computational model of the amygdala
• 'Right Brain' or 'Left Brain' - Myth or Reality? John McCrone, The New Scientist
• Object Navon vs. Grouped Stimuli
• Neuronal Activity in Early Visual Areas during Global and Local Processing: A comment on Heinze, Hinrichs, Scholz, Burchert, and Mangun Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (restricted access)
• Neural Activity in Early Visual Areas During Global and Local Processing: A Reply to Fink, Marshall, Halligan, and Dolan Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (restricted access)
• Krumbholz, K.; Schönwiesner, M.; Rübsamen, R.; Zilles, K.; Fink, G.R.: Hierarchical processing of sound location and motion in the human brainstem and planum temporale. European Journal of Neuroscience 21, 230-238, 2005
• Brain Research Reviews 26 - The emergence of the volume transmission concept Michele Zoli a, Carla Torri a, Rosaria Ferrari a, Anders Jansson b, Isabella Zini a, Kjell Fuxe b, Luigi F. Agnati
• Pacemaker neurons and neuronal networks: an integrative view, Jan-Marino Ramirez et al.
• Towards an Understanding of Integrative Brain Functions - The emergence of the volume transmission concept Michele Zoli et al., Modena, Italy, Stockholm, Sweden
• A modular biased competition and cooperation model for selective working memory Rita Almeida, Gustavo Deco, Martin Stetter
• Toward a Biased Competition Account of Object-Based Segregation and Attention Shaun P. Vecera
• Neuroanatomical Organization of Perceptual Memory: An fMRI Study of Picture Priming Rajendra Dr. Badgaiyan, US
• The dynamical stability of reverberatory neural circuits Tegner, Compte, Wang; Biological Cybernetics 2002
• Orientation Tensor Reconstruction: Tracing Neural Pathways from Diffusion Tensor MRI Leonid Zhukov, Alan H. Barr CalTech
  • Exploration of the Brain's White Matter Pathways with Dynamic Queries (check this! diffusion tensor imaging 2004)
• Exploring Connectivity of the Brain's White Matter with dynamic queries (extension of the 2004 paper above)
• From Sensation to Cognition Marsel Mesulam
• Databasing the brain Marina Chicurel
• Clusters of synchronization and bistability in lattices of chaotic neurons Europhysics Letters, Sep 15 1998 V43(N6):719-724, Huerta, R. Bazhenov, M., Rabinovich, MI
• Neural Mechanisms of Selective Visual Attention (Desimone, Duncan, 1995, Annual Review of Neuroscience)
• The neural basis of biased competition in human visual cortex (Kastner, Ungerleider, Neuropsychologia 39, 2001)
• A Neural Model of Motion Processing and Visual Navigation by Cortical Area MST (Grossberg, Mingolla, Pack 1999) motion processing, optic flow
• Neural Mechanisms of Form and Motion Processing in the Primate Visual System Van Essen, D.C. and Gallant, J.L. (1994)
• The Bayesian brain: the role of uncertainty in neural coding and computation
• A computational perspective on the neural basis of multisensory spatial representations
• The Blue Brain Project Nature Reviews Neuroscience February 2006 Vol. 7 No. 2

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Lectures

• Vision: From Computational Theory to Neural Mechanisms (Winter Term 2003/2004, Caltech) Christof Koch
• Neuronale Netzwerke B, Das Gehirn als Rechner (Summer Term 2005, TU Graz)
• AI lectures from Tokyo (online lectures)
• 1050-724 Vision and Psychophysics
• Einführung in die Computational Neuroscience
• Comparative Anatomy
• ITP Program on Dynamics of Neural Networks: From Biophysics to Behavior (2001, Lecture Material, Audio Recordings, some Video lectures also, e.g. Nicolas Brunel)

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Journals

• Journal of Computational Neuroscience, Springer
• Neuroinformatics, Humana Press
• Journal of Vision

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Publishers

• MIT Press

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Websites

• Flybrain - An Online Atlas and Database of the Drosophila Nervous System
• the Mead project - James Rowell Angell: Psychology, Chapter 2: The Psychophysical Organism and the Nervous System
• Paul Thompson's Research Publications: Tensor Maps of Cortex
• Basal Ganglia and Cerebellum (Washington University School of Medicine: Neuroscience Tutorial), department Prof. David van Essen
• Internet Resources for the Hodgkin-Huxley Model
• THYMOS, Studies on Consciousness, Mind and Life
• Dominik Schnitzer: Brainstorms - Eine Einführung in die Computational Neuroscience
• Vision Science: An Internet Resource for Research in Human and Animal Vision
• Leverhulme Trust Theoretical Neuroscience Network
• Models and Math
• Neuroguide
• 4.03: Physics and Mathematics - Integrative Models
• Forum posts on temporal synchrony, the binding problem and the volume transmission concept
• Futur Leitvision: "Das Denken Verstehen"
• Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
• Brain and Sound Frequencies
• Department of Nonlinear Dynamics (Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen)
• Biopsychology department (Ruhr Universität Bochum, Dr. Sabine Windmann)
• Schülerlabor Psychologie PsyNet
• Computer Science Bibliography
• Confocal Microscopy (introduction)
• Introduction to fMRI
• Frank R. Morales-Aguilera (Brain Visualization software)
• Talairach Coordinates (coordinates for navigation within brain images e.g. in MRI and CT)
• Nervenzellen lernen am besten im Team
• Primary and extrastriate visual cortex (introduction)
• Information in the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (spike trains)
• Neurotransmitters and Neuropharmacology
• Corona Radiata
• Cajal2 (drawings by Santiago Ramon y Cajal)
• Serendip comparative neuroanatomy
• Psyeducation
• Brainmovies (V1 flythrough)
• Images of fibres in a model of the cortex Paul Bourke 1997
• An introduction to the physiology of ordinary consciousness
• The volume library volumetric images free for scientific use
• Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections: Brain Sections
• Histology Textbook and Atlas
• Virtual Hospital: Atlas of Microscopic Anatomy: A Functional Approach: Companion to Histology and Neuroanatomy Second Edition

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Research Centers

• Max-Planck-Institute of Neurobiology, Department of Systems and Computational Neurobiology (Prof. Alexander Borst)
• Bernstein Centers for Computational Neuroscience (National Network Computational Neuroscience, Germany) (Kick-off meeting 2004)
• Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Munich
• Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Freiburg (also linked under http://www.cndf.de, press release, another press release)
• Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin
• Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Göttingen (press release)
• Abbott Lab
• Koch Laboratory
• Theoretische Biophysik T35, TUM (Prof. Leo van Hemmen)
• Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit (Prof. Peter Dayan)
• AIlab Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Zürich
• Center for Computational Neuroscience & Robotics (CCNR), University of Sussex, UK
• Bernstein Centers for Computational Neuroscience (Flyer)
• Van Essen Lab
• Rachel Wong Lab development of neural circuitry in the visual system, retina
• Vision and Cognition Group The netherlands ophthalmic research institute
• Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
• Cognitive Neuroscience Group (Prof. Lamme), NL
• Forschungszentrum Jülich
• Arbeitseinheit 14 - Physiologische Psychologie (Universität Bielefeld, in cooperation with Forschungszentrum Jülich)
• Center for Consciousness Studies (Tucson, Arizona, US)
• Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Psychologie (Prof. Mark W. Greenlee, Universität Regensburg)
• Neurologie Großhadern
• Computational Neuroscience Research Group (Prof. Charles H. Anderson, collaboration with Prof. van Essen)
• Strausfeld Laboratory (Neurobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA)
• Kosslyn Laboratory (Prof. Stephen M. Kossyln, Psychology, neural substrate underlying visual mental imagery, relation between imagery and perception)
• Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience University of California San Diego, USA

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Research Projects and Initiatives

• IBM/EPFL Blue Brain Project (École Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, IBM website, Cortex Column simulation; Grey Matter, blue matter Economist.com article June 9, 2005)
• The Neural Simulation Technology Initiative

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Researchers

• Prof. Christopher M. Bishop, United States
• Prof. Wulfram Gerstner, Switzerland
• Werner M. Kistler, Switzerland
• Prof. J. Leo van Hemmen, Technical University Munich, Germany (Biophysics, Theory of biosensory systems and neural information processing)
• Dr.-Ing. Stefan Glasauer, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany (Computational Model of Eye movements, Vestibular organ)
• Prof. Gustavo Deco, Spain (Computational Neuroscience of Vision)
• Prof. Christof Koch, Caltech, United States (Consciousness, Visual processing)
• Prof. Axel Cleeremans, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (Cognitive Science, Implicit Learning, Consciousness, Computational models of cognition)
• Prof. Andrzej Nowak, Poland (Social Psychology, Professor at the University Warsaw, Director Center for Complex Systems, Institute for Social Studies, Warsaw, and Associate Professor Florida Atlantic University)
• Prof. Laurence F. Abbott, Brandeis University, USA
• Nicolas Brunel, Université René Descartes, Paris, France (Spiking neurons, Laboratory of Neurophysics and Physiology)
• Prof. Xiao-Jing Wang, Brandeis University, USA (synaptic currents)
• Prof. Peter Dayan, University College London, UK
• Prof. Eric R. Kandel, USA (principles of neural science)
• Dr. Marc de Kamps, Technical University Munich, Germany
• Prof. Leslie Smith, University of Stirling, UK
• Dr. Dietmar Heinke, University of Birmingham, UK (Computational Neuroscience, collaboration with Prof. Humphreys, visual attention models)
• Prof. Ralph Adolphs, University of Iowa, USA (Emotion, Social Behaviour)
• Prof. Chris Frith, University College London, UK (Consciousness, Schizophrenia, Foreword in Prof. Cleeremans' book on Consciousness)
• Prof. Uta Frith, University College London, UK (PhD Thesis on Autism, Professor in Cognitive Development)
• Prof. David van Essen (Organization and function of visual cortex in primates)
• Prof. Paul C. Bridgman (Cell biology of the developing nervous system)
• Prof. Rachel Wong (development of neural circuitry in the visual system, retina)
• Prof. Peter Lukasiewicz (Synaptic Function, Retinal Physiology)
• Prof. Paul Taghert (Circadian physiology and neuronal development, pacemaker neurons)
• Prof. Arthur D. Loewy (Autonomic Nervous System - Fight or flight response, viral transneuronal tracing method)
• Prof. Laurence B. Salkoff (Anatomy & Neurobiology, Genetics, Ion channels, C. elegans)
• Stephen Wolfram (online book: A new kind of science)
• Prof. Karen O'Malley (molecular and cellular bases of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, dopamine)
• Andreas Burkhalter, PhD
• Dr. Martin Tovee (visual cortex) UK
• Prof. James L. McClelland (parallel distributed processing, computational neuroscience, experimental psychology)
• Prof. Stanislas Dehaene (Cognitive Neuroscientist, Studies on the psychological and cerebral basis of arithmetics, language (bilingualism), consciousness)
• Prof. John Taylor (President of the International Neural Network Society, King's College University of London, higher cognitive functions, emotions, etc.)
• Mike Oram PhD Scotland
• Prof. Gereon Fink Forschungszentrum Jülich
• Dr. Christiane Thiel Forschungszentrum Jülich
• Dr. Stephen Coombes Nottingham, UK
• Dr. Sabine Windmann
• Prof. Laurent Itti Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Southern California, US
• Michèle Fabre-Thorpe (pathway timing)
• Prof. Marsel Mesulam large scale neural networks, system level neuroanatomy (recommended by Prof. Förstl)
• Ramón Huerta (chaotic neural activity, central pattern generator, spike timing dependent plasticity) collaborator Mikhail Rabinovich
• Mikhail Rabinovich (spiking neurons, neural circuits, rhythmic activity, dynamics, dopamine, neural competition) referenced in a poster in Poland workshop
• John Duncan (selective attention from cellular to behavioural level, action planning, frontal lobe functions)
• Prof. Moshe Abeles
• Prof. Nikos Logothetis Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
• Alexandre Pouget Computational Neuroscience Laboratory, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester
• Dr. Fred Hamker Allgemeine Psychologie, Universität Münster, Germany, Visual Processing

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Newsgroups and Mailing Lists

• comp-neuro
• koglist

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Portals, Directories, Encyclopedia

• NiP - The Neuroinformatics Portal Pilot
• NEUROINF.ORG
• nEUro-IT.NET
• Google Verzeichnis Psychologie
• Computational Neuroscience on the Web
• Computational Neuroscience / Neuroinformatics (Hirnforschung.net)
• humaine emotion-research.net (CMS, Edmund T. Rolls, UK)
• Neuroscion (link collection: Germany, Switzerland, Austria)
• Scholarpedia

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Societies

• Society for Neuroscience
• CNS - Organization for Computational Neurosciences
• Swartz Foundation Computational Neuroscience Research

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Websites

• Flybrain - An Online Atlas and Database of the Drosophila Nervous System
• the Mead project - James Rowell Angell: Psychology, Chapter 2: The Psychophysical Organism and the Nervous System
• Paul Thompson's Research Publications: Tensor Maps of Cortex
• Basal Ganglia and Cerebellum (Washington University School of Medicine: Neuroscience Tutorial), department Prof. David van Essen
• Internet Resources for the Hodgkin-Huxley Model
• THYMOS, Studies on Consciousness, Mind and Life
• Dominik Schnitzer: Brainstorms - Eine Einführung in die Computational Neuroscience
• Vision Science: An Internet Resource for Research in Human and Animal Vision
• Leverhulme Trust Theoretical Neuroscience Network
• Models and Math
• Neuroguide
• 4.03: Physics and Mathematics - Integrative Models
• Forum posts on temporal synchrony, the binding problem and the volume transmission concept
• Futur Leitvision: "Das Denken Verstehen"
• Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
• Brain and Sound Frequencies
• Department of Nonlinear Dynamics (Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen)
• Biopsychology department (Ruhr Universität Bochum, Dr. Sabine Windmann)
• Schülerlabor Psychologie PsyNet
• Computer Science Bibliography
• Confocal Microscopy (introduction)
• Introduction to fMRI
• Frank R. Morales-Aguilera (Brain Visualization software)
• Talairach Coordinates (coordinates for navigation within brain images e.g. in MRI and CT)
• Nervenzellen lernen am besten im Team
• Primary and extrastriate visual cortex (introduction)
• Information in the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (spike trains)
• Neurotransmitters and Neuropharmacology
• Corona Radiata
• Cajal2 (drawings by Santiago Ramon y Cajal)
• Serendip comparative neuroanatomy
• Psyeducation
• Brainmovies (V1 flythrough)
• Images of fibres in a model of the cortex Paul Bourke 1997
• An introduction to the physiology of ordinary consciousness
• The volume library volumetric images free for scientific use
• Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections: Brain Sections
• Histology Textbook and Atlas
• Virtual Hospital: Atlas of Microscopic Anatomy: A Functional Approach: Companion to Histology and Neuroanatomy Second Edition
• Neurotransmitter.net
• Atlas of Ultrastructural Neurocytology
• Synapse Web
• Anatomy Atlases
• Digital Slice of Life
• Slice of Life

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Multimedia

• Cortex Neuron Pictures (IBM/EPFL Blue Brain Project)
• Magnetic Brain Stimulation: what can it tell us about brain functions?
• LBNL Image Library Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Image Library with Photos

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Software

• CARET and Surface-Based Atlases (Brain Anatomy surface visualization software from Prof. van Essen's laboratory)
• MRIcro (free brain anatomy visualization software, recommended by Prof. Adrian Danek)
• HHsim: Graphical Hodgkin-Huxley Simulator
• SNNAP Simulator for Neural Networks and Action Potentials (Examples: Integrate and Fire)
• Stuttgart Neural Network Simulator
• Slicer (medical visualization of the brain)
• BrainSuite 2 magnetic resonance image analysis tool
• Netlogo (recommended by Philipp)
• NEURON workstation to supercomputer compartment modeling software package

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News

• Brain's Visual Processing More Complex Than Thought, MIT Research Shows (July 27, 1995, Visual Processing in V4)
• Researchers identify new neural behavior pattern (Steve Koppes, 2003, University of Chicago) spreading neural activity visualized (videos)
• Neural Engineering
• Salk scientists overturn a dogma of nerve cell communication July 2005

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Glossary

• Extracellular Field Potential (Wikipedia)
• Mean Field approach
• Computational Neuroscience
• Integrate and Fire Model
• Rate as Population Activity
• Leaky Integrate and Fire Neuron Model
• Receptive Field
• Neuroscience
• Diffusion Tensor Imaging
• White Matter (Wikipedia)

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Various

• Diffusion Tensor Imaging: Brain Anatomy (Leonid Zhukov)
• Anatomy of the Human Body (Bartleby)
• Atlante Anatomico del Sistema Nervoso Centrale (Anatomy Atlas in Italian)
• Psychology of perception (Psychology 351, Dr. Pomerantz, Rice University, Spring 2006) e.g. image with timing across brain)
• Digital Brain Atlas
• The anatomical basis of mind (Ben Best)
• Braininfo brain atlas
• Diffusion MRI processing
• DTI - Diffusion Tensor Imaging
• Diffuse Axonal Injury
• CAT image
• PTSD lecture (link broken)
• Atlas Cryogenic Picture
• Fiber dissection
• Midbrain drawing
• Human pathology
• Endocrine Web
• Computational Neurophysics (spiketrains)
• Cell Biology Faculty (some nice but small nervous system stains)
• The Virtual Library of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
• Mental Imagery (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
• Image and Brain: The resolution of the Imagery Debate (Stephen M. Kosslyn)
• FitzHugh-Nagumo Simplified Cardiac Myocyte Model (on cellML)
• Steve Grossberg Research Interests
• Mathworld
• Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Conferences, Workshops, Symposia

• Interdisciplinary College IK2006 (recommended by Markus G.)
• Computational Neuroscience conferences
• Workshop on Mathematical Neuroscience (21 March to March 23 2005, Edinburgh)
• International Workshop on The Representation and Use of Prior Knowledge in Vision
• CNS 2006

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Master Programs

• MSc in Computational and Systems Neuroscience Sheffield, United Kingdom

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Last update: 2007-04-19