In vitro large-scale experimental and theoretical studies for the realization of bi-directional brain-prosthese

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue FEBRUARY 2013, 2013, Pages

  Bonifazi, Paolo ^a   Difato, Francesco ^b   Massobrio, Paolo ^c   Breschi, Gian Luca ^b   Pasquale, Valentina ^b   Levi, Timothée ^d   Goldin, Miri ^a   Bornat, Yannick ^d   Tedesco, Mariateresa ^c   Bisio, Marta ^b   Kanner, Sivan ^a   Galron, Ronit ^a   Tessadori, Jacopo ^b   Taverna, Stefano ^b   Chiappalone, Michela ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Hardware Spiking Neural Network; In silico neuronal circuit; In vitro modular networks; Lesioned circuits; Whole brain

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL CULTURE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; CYTOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GUINEA PIG; HARDWARE SPIKING NEURAL NETWORK; IN SILICO NEURONAL CIRCUIT; IN VITRO MODULAR NETWORKS; IN VITRO STUDY; LESIONED CIRCUITS; NANOCHIP; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPROSTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY; WHOLE BRAIN;

HARDWARE SPIKING NEURAL NETWORK; IN SILICO NEURONAL CIRCUIT; IN VITRO MODULAR NETWORKS; LESIONED CIRCUITS; WHOLE BRAIN;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOLOGY; GUINEA PIGS; NERVE NET; PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 84995268971     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2013.00040     Document Type: Article

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