Databasing the Brain: From Data to Knowledge (Neuroinformatics) [Hardcover]

Steven H. Koslow (Editor), Shankar Subramaniam (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 10, 2005

Expertly edited by two pioneers in this burgeoning field, this book covers both basic principles and specific applications across a range of problems in brain research. It truly integrates neuroscience with informatics, providing a means for understanding the new analytical tools and models of neuronal functions now being developed. Each chapter offers practical guidance for applying this knowledge to current research, enhancing electronic collaborations, and formulating hypotheses.

Prize or Award

• AAP Awards for Excellence in Professional and Scholarly Publishing, 2006

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...a welcome overview and update of the rapid developments of the last few years...the publishers are to be commended on the excellent way the book has been executed, on glossy paper and with liberal use of color in the figures." (Genes, Brain and Behavior, April 2006)

"...well illustrated, referenced, and written...a very unique book and should find a place in the libraries of neuroscience, informatics, and general biological sciences." (Doody's Health Services)

From the Back Cover

Understanding the structure, function, and development of the brain in health and disease represents one of the great scientific challenges of our time. The emerging field of neuroinformatics integrates approaches from a number of disciplines to develop and apply the new tools and concepts of genomics and proteomics—along with the wealth of genome and protein data now available—to brain research. Databasing the Brain: from Data to Knowledge is the first book to comprehensively cover neuroinformatics, from relevant computational science and modeling issues to the field's diverse applications.

Expertly edited by two pioneers in this burgeoning discipline, this book provides a treatment of basic principles and specific applications across a range of problems in brain research. It integrates neuroscience with informatics, providing a means for understanding the new analytical tools and models of neuronal functions now being developed. Each chapter offers practical guidance for applying this knowledge to current research, enhancing electronic collaborations, and formulating hypotheses. This is a valuable resource for students entering this interdisciplinary area as well as for researchers wanting to cross-train between neuroscience and informatics.

Databasing the Brain includes:

• Informatics issues, tools, and models, and the state of the art in applications to clinical and basic research
• Extensive illustrations throughout
• Consistent organization for each chapter, with introduction, sidebars, summary, and annotated bibliography
• Introductions to new ways to acquire, store, visualize, analyze, integrate, synthesize, and share data
• Tools for brain and behavioral scientists to integrate findings with data obtained using different species, levels of biological organization, and methods

Databasing the Brain gives researchers and students a unique resource for understanding this important and exciting new field.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 466 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (March 10, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471309214
• ISBN-13: 978-0471309215
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 1.1 x 11.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,550,120 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)