Complexity in Biological Information Processing

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• 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.