James M. Bower

Publication List Details

Period

1986 - 2009

Number

37

Co-Authors

Behavioral/Systems/Cognitive Ketamine–Xylazine-Induced Slow (�1.5 Hz) Oscillations in the Rat Piriform (Olfactory) Cortex Are Functionally Correlated with Respiration (2008)

Alfredo Fontanini, Pierfranco Spano, James M. Bower

The occurrence of low frequency (�1.5 Hz) cerebral cortical oscillations during slow-wave sleep has recently lead to the suggestion that this pattern of activity is specifically associated with...

ISSN: 1861-1680 Looking for Newton: Realistic Modeling in Modern Biology (2008)

James M. Bower

Media, Vol. 1, bmm217 (urn:nbn:de:0009-3-2177). Licence: Any party may pass on this Work by electronic means and make it available for download under the terms and conditions of the Digital Peer...

J Comput Neurosci DOI 10.1007/s10827-007-0038-6 TOPICAL REVIEW ON TECHNIQUES Simulation of networks of spiking neurons: A review of tools and strategies (2008)

Romain Brette, Michelle Rudolph, Ted Carnevale, Michael Hines, David Beeman, James M. Bower, ...

Abstract We review different aspects of the simulation of spiking neural networks. We start by reviewing the different types of simulation strategies and algorithms that are currently implemented. We...

The GENESIS Simulation-based Neural Modeling Database (2007)

Jason Leigh, Thomas A. Defanti, Brad B. Blumenthal, Robert Grossman, James M. Bower, David H. Bilitch, ...

This paper presents a multidisciplinary collaboration between neurobiologists, database-, visualizationand human/computer interaction specialists, in the design of a database for the storage of...

LETTER Communicated by John Rinzel Spike Frequency Adaptation Affects the Synchronization Properties of Networks of Cortical Oscillators (2007)

Sharon M. Crook, G. Bard Ermentrout, James M. Bower

Oscillations in many regions of the cortex have common temporal characteristics with dominant frequencies centered around the 40 Hz (gamma) frequency range and the 5–10 Hz (theta) frequency range....

NEURALPOPULATION RESPONSES (2007)

Frank H Eeckman, James M Bower, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Peter Fldd. K

What does the response of a neuron, or of a group of neurons mean? What does it say about the stimulus? How distributed and efficient is the encoding of information in population responses? It is...

Simulation of networks of spiking neurons: A review of tools and strategies (2007)

Romain Brette, Michelle Rudolph, Ted Carnevale, Michael Hines, David Beeman, James M. Bower, ...

We review different aspects of the simulation of spiking neural networks. We start by reviewing the different types of simulation strategies and algorithms that are currently implemented. We next...

Computational Modeling of Genetic and Biochemical Networks (2001)

Bower, James M. (ed.), Bolouri, Hamid (ed.)

Trabajos de bioquímica molecular usando métodos computacionales. Ejemplos específicos de sistemas de células y moléculas aplicando modelos matemáticos. Contenido: Modelado de cadenas...

Computational Modeling of Genetic and Biochemical Networks / Ed. de J.M. Bower, H. Boloury. (2001)

Bower, James M. (ed.), Bolouri, Hamid (ed.)

Trabajos de bioquímica molecular usando métodos computacionales. Ejemplos específicos de sistemas de células y moléculas aplicando modelos matemáticos. Contenido: Modelado de cadenas...

Stimulus Representation in Rat Primary Visual Cortex: Multi-Electrode Recordings With Micromachined Silicon Probes and Estimation Theory (2001)

Winrich Freiwald Heiko, Heiko Stemmann, Aurel Wannig, Andreas K. Kreiter, Ulrich G. Hofmann, Matthew D. Hills, ...

The study of neural population codes relies on massively parallel recordings in combination with theoretically motivated analysis tools. We applied two multi-site recording techniques to record from...

Methods in Computational Neuroscience: Marine Biology Laboratory Student Projects. (1998)

Bower, James M., Koch, Christof

This course is for advanced graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in neurobiology, physics, electrical engineering, computer science and psychology with an interest in 'Computational...

Methods in Computational Neuroscience. (1998)

Bower, James M., Koch, Christof

The 1990 version of the course enrolled a total of 22 students including three tenured faculty members for the first time. Digital Equipment Corporation provided the course with 25 DECstation...

Training in Methods in Computational Neuroscience. (1998)

Bower, James M., Koch, Christof

The course went very well in terms of the lectures. After four years of experimenting with speakers and topics, we converged onto a set of competent, relevant and lively speakers. The response of the...

Understanding Olfaction: From Detection to Classification (1998)

Bower, James M., Buck, Linda, Wilson, Denise, Lewis, Nathan S.

The overall objective of this research project is to support a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the function of the mammalian olfactory system across many different levels of scale. The...

Spike frequency adaptation affects the synchronization properties of networks of cortical oscillators (1998)

Crook, Sharon M., Ermentrout, G. Bard, Bower, James M.

Oscillations in many regions of the cortex have common temporal characteristics with dominant frequencies centered around the 40 Hz (gamma) frequency range and the 5–10 Hz (theta) frequency range....

Spike Frequency Adaptation Affects the Synchronization Properties of Networks of Cortical Oscillators (1997)

Sharon M. Crook, G. Bard Ermentrout, James M. Bower

this article, we briefly describe a biophysically-based compartmental model of an adapting cortical pyramidal cell. Then we use our compartmental model to derive a simpler coupled oscillator model...

Virtual Reality in Computational Neuroscience (1994)

Jason Leigh, Christina A. Vasilakis, Thomas A. DeFanti, Robert Grossman, Chris Assad, Brian Rasnow, ...

Computational Neuroscience is a branch of neuroscience that investigates how the nervous system works, by developing comprehensive simulation models of single neurons or networks that are based on...

Sensitivity of synaptic plasticity to the Ca^(2+) permeability of NMDA channels : a model of long-term potentiation in hippocampal neurons (1993)

De Schutter, Erik, Bower, James M.

We have examined a model by Holmes and Levy (1990) of the induction of associative long-term potentiation (LTP) by a rise in the free Ca^(2+) concentration ([Ca^(2+)]) after synaptic activation of...

A computer simulation of oscillatory behavior in primary visual cortex (1991)

Wilson, Matthew A., Bower, James M.

Periodic variations in correlated cellular activity have been observed in many regions of the cerebral cortex. The recent discovery of stimulus-dependent, spatially-coherent oscillations in primary...

Facilitating and nonfacilitating synapses on pyramidal cells: a correlation between physiology and morphology (1986)

Bower, James M., Haberly, Lewis B.

Pyramidal cells in piriform cortex receive excitatory inputs from two different sources that are segregated onto adjacent segments of their apical dendrites. The present studies show that excitatory...

An impairment in sniffing contributes to the olfactory impairment in Parkinson's disease

Sobel, Noam, Thomason, Moriah E., Stappen, Iris, Tanner, Caroline M., Tetrud, James W., Bower, James M., ...

Although the presence of an olfactory impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD) has been recognized for 25 years, its cause remains unclear. Here we suggest a contributing factor to this impairment,...

An impairment in sniffing contributes to the olfactory impairment in Parkinson's disease

Sobel, Noam, Thomason, Moriah E., Stappen, Iris, Tanner, Caroline M., Tetrud, James W., Bower, James M., ...

Although the presence of an olfactory impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD) has been recognized for 25 years, its cause remains unclear. Here we suggest a contributing factor to this impairment,...

Dendritic and Synaptic Effects in Systems of Coupled Cortical Oscillators

Sharon M. Crook, G. Bard Ermentrout, James M. Bower

We explore the influence of synaptic location and form on the behavior of networks of coupled cortical oscillators. First we develop a model of two coupled somatic oscillators that includes passive...