IEEE transactions on biomedical circuits and systems
Nov 9, 2018
Shifting computing architectures from von Neumann to event-based spiking neural networks (SNNs) uncovers new opportunities for low-power processing of sensory data in applications such as vision or sensorimotor control. Exploring roads toward cogniti...
Spiking neural P systems (SNP systems) are parallel and non-deterministic models of computation, inspired by the neural system of the brain. A variant of SNP systems known as SNP systems with structural plasticity (SNPSP systems) includes the feature...
Spontaneous activity is a fundamental characteristic of the developing nervous system. Intriguingly, it often takes the form of multiple structured assemblies of neurons. Such assemblies can form even in the absence of afferent input, for instance in...
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE
Sep 23, 2018
Neurologic disorders such as stroke and cerebral palsy are leading causes of long-term disability and can lead to severe incapacity and restriction of daily activities due to lower and upper limb impairments. Intensive physical and occupational thera...
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
Sep 21, 2018
Neural selectivity in the early visual cortex strongly reflects the statistics of our environment (Barlow, 2001; Geisler, 2008). Although this has been described extensively in literature through various encoding hypotheses (Barlow and Földiák, 1989;...
Neural networks : the official journal of the International Neural Network Society
Sep 11, 2018
Spike-timing Dependent Plasticity (STDP) is a learning mechanism that can capture causal relationships between events. STDP is considered a foundational element of memory and learning in biological neural networks. Previous research efforts endeavore...
Neural networks : the official journal of the International Neural Network Society
Aug 7, 2018
Biological neural networks are systems of extraordinary computational capabilities shaped by evolution, development, and lifelong learning. The interplay of these elements leads to the emergence of biological intelligence. Inspired by such intricate ...
Synaptic plasticity, the cellular basis for learning and memory, is mediated by a complex biochemical network of signaling proteins. These proteins are compartmentalized in dendritic spines, the tiny, bulbous, post-synaptic structures found on neuron...
Neural networks : the official journal of the International Neural Network Society
Jul 2, 2018
We consider the Watts-Strogatz small-world network (SWN) consisting of inhibitory fast spiking Izhikevich interneurons. This inhibitory neuronal population has adaptive dynamic synaptic strengths governed by the inhibitory spike-timing-dependent plas...
Neural networks : the official journal of the International Neural Network Society
Jun 20, 2018
Working memory requires information about external stimuli to be represented in the brain even after those stimuli go away. This information is encoded in the activities of neurons, and neural activities change over timescales of tens of milliseconds...