Complexity in Biological Information Processing

Introduction (T. Sejnowski).

Functional Modules in Biological Signalling Networks (U. Bhalla & R. Iyengar).

Design of Immune-based Interventions in Autoimmunity and Viral Infections-- the Need for Predictive Models that Integrate Time, Dose and Classes of Immune Responses (M. von Herrath).

Controlling the Immune System: Diffuse Feedback via a Diffuse Informational Network (L. Segel).

The Versatility and Complexity of Calcium Signalling (M. Berridge).

Multiple Pathways of ERK Activation by G Protein-coupled Receptors (T. Gudermann).

Heterogeneity of Second Messenger Levels in Living Cells (M. Zaccolo, et al.).

Humoral Coding and Decoding (K. Prank, et al.).

From Genes to Whole Organs: Connecting Biochemistry to Physiology (D. Noble).

Development of High-Throughput Tools to Unravel the Complexity of Gene Expression Patterns in the Mammalian Brain (U. Herzig, et al.).

Regulation of Gene Expression by Action Potentials: Dependence on Complexity in Cellular Information Processing (R. Fields, et al.).

Efficiency and Complexity in Neural Coding (S. Laughlin).

Neural Dynamics in Cortical Networks-- Precision of Joint-Spiking Events (A. Aertsen, et al.).

Predictive Learing of Temproal Sequences in Recurrent Neocortical Circuits (R. Rao & T. Sejnowski).

Final Discussion.

Index of Contributors.

Subject Index.