Developmental origins of interneuronal heterogeneity -- Order in diversity: from phenomenology to function -- Cracks in the crystal: elusive neurospecies and the great correlation hunt -- Functions of heterogeneity: meaning of means and variability of variances -- Interneuronal variability: plasticity and regulation -- Diversity beyond variance -- Fifty ways to be a basket cell: self-tuning interneurons with multiple solutions for their tasks -- Interneuronal diversity and small world neuronal networks -- Closing thoughts: the structure of cortical microcircuit theory
Summary
The author provides insights into the striking degree of cellular diversity found in the interneuronal microcircuits in the brain's neocortex and hippocampus. The book elaborates on different ideas about interneuronal diversity that rest upon theoretical and experimental results
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-233) and index