Simulation of signal flow in 3D reconstructions of an anatomically realistic neural network in rat vibrissal cortex

Neural Networks

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 998-1011

  Lang, Stefan ^a,b   Dercksen, Vincent J ^c   Sakmann, Bert ^a   Oberlaender, Marcel ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK FLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c ZUSE INSTITUTE BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D anatomy; Barrel cortex; Cortical column; Full compartmental models; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

3D ANATOMY; 3D RECONSTRUCTION; 3D STRUCTURE; BARREL CORTEX; CORTICAL CELLS; CORTICAL COLUMNS; ELECTRICAL SIGNAL; IN-VIVO; INFORMATION FLOWS; LABELED CELLS; NETWORK LEVEL; NEURAL CIRCUITS; NEURON MODEL; REALISTIC MODEL; SIGNAL FLOW; SIMULATION FRAMEWORK; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP; SUB-CELLULAR; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) STRUCTURES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); NEURONS; PIPELINES; RATS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL SPECIFICITY; COMPARTMENT MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINY STELLATE NEURON IN LAYER 4; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VIBRISSAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AXONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NERVE NET; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 80053180820     PISSN: 08936080     EISSN: 18792782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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