THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF NEURAL NETWORKS

By KAREN LOPEZ

PART I MODELS OF BRAIN DISORDERS DIFFICULTIES AS IMPAIRED INFERENCE OF SOUND STATISTICS 2 COMPUTATIONAL APPROXIMATIONS TO INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY IN DOWN SYNDROME POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) AND IMMUNOLOGICAL TREATMENT IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE 9 MODELING DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION FOR PARKINSON’S DISEASE CONTENTS USING COMPUTATIONAL MODELING PART II NEURAL MODELS OF BEHAVIORAL PROCESSES 15 COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OF OLFACTION IN FRUIT FLIES PART III MODELS OF BRAIN REGIONS AND NEUROTRANSMITTERS