Optic Nerve Signals in a Neuromorphic Chip I: Outer and Inner Retina Models

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 657-666

  Zaghloul, Kareem A ^a   Boahen, Kwabena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive circuits; Neural systems; Neuromorphic engineering; Prosthetics; Vision

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; CELLS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEEDBACK; NEUROLOGY;

CORNER FREQUENCY; RETINA;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; LUMINESCENCE; MODEL; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; OPTIC NERVE; PROSTHESIS; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA CELL; RETINA CONE; VIRION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONES (RETINA); ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MINIATURIZATION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION;

EID: 1642308838     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2003.821039     Document Type: Article

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