by Leon N Cooper (Brown University, USA) , Nathan Intrator (Brown University, USA & Tel-Aviv University, Israel, ) , Brian S Blais (Bryant College & Brown University, USA) , & Harel Z Shouval (The University of Texas Medical School at Houston & Brown University, USA)

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®

• Index to Scientific Book Contents® (ISBC)

• Single Cell Theory
• Objective Function Formulation
• Cortical Network Theory
• Review and Analysis of Second Order Learning Rules
• Receptive Field Selectivity in a Natural Image Environment
• Ocular Dominance in Normal and Deprived Cortex
• Networks of Interacting BCM Neurons
• Experimental Evidence for the Assumptions and Consequences of the BCM Theory