Realistic modeling of neurons and networks: Towards brain simulation

Functional Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 153-166

  D'Angelo, Egidio ^a,b   Solinas, Sergio ^b   Garrido, Jesus ^a,c   Casellato, Claudia ^d   Pedrocchi, Alessandra ^d   Mapelli, Jonathan ^b,e   Gandolfi, Daniela ^a,b,e   Prestori, Francesca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c CNISM   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computation; Neuron models; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; SYNAPSE; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS;

EID: 84886931814     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: 19713274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11138/FNeur/2013.28.3.153     Document Type: Article

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