Download or read book Neuronal Noise written by Alain Destexhe and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-01-07 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neuronal Noise combines experimental, theoretical and computational results to show how noise is inherent to neuronal activity, and how noise can be important for neuronal computations. The book covers many aspects of noise in neurons, with an emphasis on the largest source of noise: synaptic noise. It provides students and young researchers with an overview of the important methods and concepts that have emerged from research in this area. It also provides the specialist with a summary of the large body of sometimes contrasting experimental data, and different theories proposed to explore the computational power that various forms of "noise" can confer to neurons.