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A generalized neuron (GN) has a compact structure and overcomes the problem of long training time.
Glutamate is a likely transmitter candidate for the AB neuron.
However, in this patient the long delay between the electrical injury and motor neuron disease, together with the rapid evolution may suggest a chance association.
A method is presented which makes it possible, for the first time, to study the metabolic activity of every immunohistochemically labeled neuron in a neural system of interest.
This suggests that a fraction of the extracellular ATP does enter the neuron chemically intact.
This is an ideal case for using a physical simulation to investigate how an autapse alters the firing of a neuron.
It can be used for investigation about the energy coding in the neuron even the neuron networks.
Combining these data it is often possible to estimate the location of a tonic conductance change in a neuron from intrasomatic recordings.
To our knowledge, this is the first such computation for a bursting neuron model.
It could contribute to uncover the underlying mechanism of how neuron encodes electric field signals.
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01 Sep 2002-Neural Networks
41 Citations
Overall this work illustrates how a hardware-realisable neuron model can capitalise on the unique computational capabilities of biological neurons.
As a consequence, this neuron is well suited for computational purposes.

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