Title
Real-time emulator for reproducing graded potentials in vertebrate retina.
Abstract
In most parts of the retina, neuronal circuits process visual signals represented by slowly changing membrane potentials, or so-called graded potentials. A feasible approach to speculate about the functional roles of retinal neuronal circuits is to reproduce the graded potentials of retinal neurons in response to natural scenes. In this study, we developed a simulation platform for reproducing graded potentials with the following features: real-time reproduction of retinal neural activities in response to natural scenes, a configurable model structure, and compact hardware. The spatio-temporal properties of neurons were emulated efficiently by a mixed analog-digital architecture that consisted of analog resistive networks and a field-programmable gate array. The neural activities on sustained and transient pathways were emulated from 128 × 128 inputs at 200 frames per second.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1109/TBCAS.2014.2327103
IEEE transactions on biomedical circuits and systems
Keywords
DocType
Volume
emulation,graded potential,neuromorphic,retina
Journal
9
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
1940-9990
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.43
16
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hirotsugu Okuno1265.15
Jun Hasegawa220.43
Tadashi Sanada320.43
Tetsuya Yagi414027.73