Framework for interactive million-neuron simulation

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-196

  Hereld, Mark ^a,b   Stevens, Rick L ^a,b   Lee, Hyong C ^b   Van Drongelen, Wim ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Epilepsy; Neocortex; Parallel computation; Realistic modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPILEPSY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY;

EID: 84984590243     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e3180337703     Document Type: Conference Paper

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