Bookedited by Gordon M. Shepherd and Sten Grillner.
Summary: Updated and revised, the second edition of Handbook of brain microcircuits covers the functional organization of 53 brain regions. This now-classic text uses an interdisciplinary approach to examine the integration of structure, function, electrophysiology, pharmacology, brain imaging, and behavior. Through uniquely concise and authoritative chapters by leaders in their fields, the Handbook of brain microcircuits synthesizes many of the new principles of microcircuit organization that are defining a new era in understanding the brain connectome, integrating the major neuronal pathways and essential microcircuits with brain function.
Contents:
Introduction: principles of microcircuit organization and function
Section 1. Neocortex
Neocortical microcircuits
Canonical cortical circuits
Microcircuitry of the neocortex
The cortical microcircuit as a recurrent neural network
Barrel cortex
Inhibitory mechanisms in the motor cortical circuit
Prefrontal cortex
Section 2. Thalamus
Circuitry of the lateral geniculate nucleus
Thalamocortical networks
Second 3. Circadian system
The suprachiasmatic nucleus
Section 4. Basal ganglia
Microcircuits of the striatum
Templates for neural dynamics in the striatum: striosomes and matrisomes
Subthalamo-pallidal circuit
Section 5. Limbic system and memory
Mesolimbic dopamine and the circuitry of reward
The cholinergic multicompartmental basal forebrain microcircuit
Amygdala microcircuits
Hippocampus: intrinsic organization
Hippocampus: network physiology
Entorhinal cortex
The neuronal circuit for simple forms of learning in Aplysia
Section 6. Visual system
Retina: microcircuits for daylight, twilight, and starlight vision
Understanding retinal microcircuitry: then to now
Fly optic lamina as a guide to neural circuit design
The insect visual system: correspondence with vertebrates and with olfactory processing
Section 7. Olfactory system
Olfactory bulb
Olfactory cortex
Implications from microcircuits of a moth's antennal lobe for olfactory information processing
Antennal lobe of the honeybee
Mushroom body of the honeybee
Olfactory microcircuits in Drosophilia melanogaster
The circuit for chemotaxis and exploratory behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans
Section 8. Taste system
Taste coding and feedforward/feedback signaling in taste buds
Microcircuitry of the rostral nucleus of the solitary tract
Section 9. Auditory system
Cochlear microcircuits
Cochlear nucleus
Nucleus laminaris
Section 10. Cerebellum
Cerebellar cortex
Olivocerebellar system
Section 11. Motor systems
The superior colliculus
Networks in the lamprey optic tectum
Respiratory central pattern generator: microcircuit generation of the rhythms and patterns of breathing
The mammalian brainstem chewing circuitry
The crustacean stomatogastric nervous system
The mauthnner cell microcircuits: sensory integration, decision-making, and motor functions
Spinal circuit for escape in goldfish and zebrafish
The lamprey postural circuit
The lamprey locomotor central pattern generator
Modularity and modulation of locomotor circuits in adult vertebrates
Tadpole swimming network
Neuronal circuits that generate swimming movements in leeches
The Tritonia swim central pattern generator
The swimming cicruit in the pteropod mollusk Clione limacina
The heartbeat neural control system of the leech.