Publisher's Synopsis
Proceedings in Nonlinear Science Centre for Nonlinear Studies, The University, Leeds LS2 9NQ, UK Series co–ordinator Arun V. Holden Proceeding in Nonlinear Science deal with all areas of nonlinear science and its applications, and generally consist of multi–author volumes associated with select conferences and workshops within this exciting field. The series runs in parallel with the Nonlinear Science: Theory and Applications series of monographs and texts, also published by Manchester University Press. Both provide a source of up–to–date research in an immediate form. Communication between cells of the same type and between cells of different types utilizes a rich variety of mechanisms. Simple models for threshold communication between nerve cells underlies the theory of neural networks and neurocomputing. This selected, edited collection, based–on papers presented at an international symposium Intercellular communication held in Kaunas, Lithuania, provides a broad overview of experimental methods and results, simulations and theoretical approaches used in this important area of physiology. Primarily of interest to cellular and general physiologists, this volume should also bring the richness of biological mechanisms of intercellular communication to the attention of those in the nonlinear science community who work on locally interacting network models.
