GenNet: A platform for hybrid network experiments

Frontiers in Neuroinformatics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kispersky, Tilman J ^a,b   Economo, Michael N ^b,c   Randeria, Pratik ^d   White, John A ^b,e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

^e Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational neuroscience; Dynamic clamp; Real time Linux; RTXI; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONNECTOME; DENTATE GYRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOFTWARE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84993939968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fninf.2011.00011     Document Type: Article

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