Connectionists: Announcement: The NEURON Book

[Ted Carnevale]

Cambridge University Press has announced that distribution of
The NEURON Book will begin in January 2006
http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521843219

--Ted Carnevale

The NEURON Book
N.T. Carnevale and M.L. Hines
ISBN-10: 0521843219

   The authoritative reference on NEURON, the simulation environment for
modeling biological neurons and neural networks that enjoys wide use in
the experimental and computational neuroscience communities. This book
will show you how to use NEURON to construct and apply empirically based
models. Written primarily for neuroscience investigators, teachers, and
students, it assumes no previous knowledge of computer programming or
numerical methods. Readers with a background in the physical sciences or
mathematics, who have some knowledge about brain cells and circuits and
are interested in computational modeling, will also find it helpful. The
NEURON Book covers material that ranges from the inner workings of this
program to practical considerations involved in specifying the
anatomical and biophysical properties that are to be represented in
models. It uses a problem-solving approach, with many working examples
that readers can try for themselves.
   Nicholas T. Carnevale is a Senior Research Scientist in the Department
of Psychology at Yale University. He directs the NEURON courses at the
annual meetings of the Society for Neuroscience, and the NEURON Summer
Courses at the University of California, San Diego, and University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis.
   Michael L. Hines is a Research Scientist in the Department of Computer
Science at Yale University. He created NEURON in collaboration with John
W. Moore at Duke University, Durham NC, and is the principal
investigator and chief software architect on the project that continues
to support and extend it.