Figure 1: Dynamics of action potential initiation in neocortical neurons and in a Hodgkin–Huxley-type model of a neocortical neuron. Figure 2: Different action potential initiation in visual cortex ...

Neuronal cell bodies in the mammalian CNS typically have more than a dozen distinct voltage-dependent conductances. The greater number of conductances compared to the squid axon is associated with ...

To make information transmission to the brain reliable, the retina first has to “digitize” the image. Until now, it was widely believed that this step takes place in the retinal ganglion cells, the ...

Collision Block of Action Potentials. An electrically initiated action potential (AP) can be sent towards an oncoming naturally generated AP to neutralize it and stop propagation, collision block. To ...

Engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed artificial neurons that can communicate directly with ...