Neuronal Networks with NMDARs and Lateral Inhibition Implement Winner-Takes-All

A neural circuit that relies on the electrical properties of NMDA synaptic receptors is shown by numerical and theoretical analysis to be capable of realizing the winner-takes-all function, a powerful computational primitive that is often attributed to biological nervous systems. This biophysically-...

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Main Author: Patrick A Shoemaker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncom.2015.00012/full