Synergetics may be considered as an interdisciplinary effort dealing with the gene­ ral problem of how science can cope with complex systems. The inclusion of this topic in the synergetics enterprise represents a big step towards a treatment of complex systems.

Introductory Remarks.- Synopsis and Introduction.- 1 Experimental Results.- 1. 1 Formation and Structure of Nervous Systems.- Vertical and Tangential Organization in the Neocortex.- Cell Biological Aspects of Neuronal Communication: Trophic Interactions in the Developing and Adult Nervous System.- Self-Organization in Synaptogenesis: Interaction Between the Formation of Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses.- 1. 2 Plasticity, Auto-Adaption.- Control of Plastic Processes.- Reorganization of Neuronal Circuitry in the Vestibular System Following Unilateral Labyrinthine Removal.- Neuronal Activity as an Shaping Factor in the Self-Organization of Neuron Assemblies.- Dynamics of Image Formation by Nerve Cell Assemblies.- Auto-Adaptive Control of Central Plasticity: Observations and Speculations.- 1. 3 Nonequilibrium Phase Transitions.- Neurodynamics of the Oculomotor System: Space-Time Recoding and a Non-Equilibrium Phase Transition.- 1. 4 Synergetic Effects Caused by Molecular Inputs.- Evidence for Synergetic Dynamics in a Mammalian Pituitary Cell Perifusion System.- Opiomelanocortins, Learning and Memory: Significance of Multiple Behavioural Information in One Polypeptide Molecule.- 1. 5 Multi-Electrodes.- A Multi-Electrode Matrix for Studies of Temporal Signal Correlations Within Neural Assemblies.- 1. 6 EEG and Synergetics of Neural Populations.- Synergetics of Neuronal Populations. A Survey on Experiments.- 1. 7 Field Effects on Neural Nets.- Molecular Aspects of Cell Membranes as Substrates for Interaction with Electromagnetic Fields.- 2 Theoretical Approaches.- 2. 1 Pattern Formation in the Inanimate World.- Pattern Selection in Cellular Structures.- Nonstationary Structures — Chaos and Order.- 2. 2 Modelling Self-Organization and Performance of Neural Nets.- How areNervous Structures Organized?.- Cooperation and Competition in Central Nervous System Development: A Unifying Approach.- Representation of Information in Spatial Maps which are Produced by Self-Organization.- Neural Substrates of Binocular Form Perception: Filtering, Matching, Diffusion, and Resonance.- Cooperative Neural Processes in Amphibian Visual Prey Recognition.- A Comparative Analysis of Structure and Chaos in Models of Single Nerve Cells and Circadian Rhythms.- The Role of Chaos in Reliable Information Processing.- Solitons and Bioenergetics.- Theoretical Psychopathology: An Application of Dynamical Systems Theory to Human Behavior.- From Chemical Homology to Topological Temperature: A Notion Relating the Structure and Function of Brain Polypeptides.- Index of Contributors.

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