Motif distribution, dynamical properties, and computational performance of two data-based cortical microcircuit templates

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 73-87

  Haeusler, Stefan ^a   Schuch, Klaus ^a   Maass, Wolfgang ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Circuit dynamics; Cortical layers; Lamination; Microcircuit Models; Network Motifs; Real Time Computations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 70149112967     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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