NeuGen: A tool for the generation of realistic morphology of cortical neurons and neural networks in 3D

Neurocomputing

Volumn 70, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 327-342

  Eberhard, J P ^a   Wanner, A ^a   Wittum, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D geometry; Cortical neural network; Modelling neural morphology; NeuGen; Stochastic generation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMING; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CORTICAL NEURONS; DENDRITIC GEOMETRY; SOFTWARE PACKAGE NEUGEN; STOCHASTIC GENERATION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BRAIN CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITE; GEOMETRY; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SCIENTIST; STELLATE CELL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 33750342659     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2006.01.028     Document Type: Article

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