Analog circuits for modeling biological neural networks: Design and applications

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 638-645

  Le Masson, S ^a   Laflaquiere A ^a   Bal, T ^a   Le Masson, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Analog circuits design; Biological neurons; Hybrid neural networks; Neural modeling; Stomatogastric ganglion; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ANALOG CIRCUITS; HYBRID NETWORKS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; GANGLION; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; ION CURRENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTERS, ANALOG; COMPUTERS, HYBRID; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0032984543     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.764940     Document Type: Article

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