Title :
3D dynamical networks to emulate complex neural phenomena
Author :
Bucolo, M. ; Conti, F. ; Fortuna, L. ; Frasca, M.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ingegneria Elettrica Elettronica e dei Sistemi, Universita degli Studi di Catania, Italy
Abstract :
Visual hallucinations have been described several times, but the causes that produces hallucinations are unknown. These kinds of studies are important because these phenomena do not appears only in people affected by mental illnesses; in the last years hallucinations have been reported by astronauts in several space missions. The generation of such phenomena can be dealt with by studying the dynamics of interacting neural circuits. This paper takes into account two third-order neuron models with the aim to understand how several parts of the visual cortex can interact with each other and show a dynamical behavior.
Keywords :
brain models; psychology; 3D dynamical networks; complex neural phenomena; interacting neural circuit dynamics; third-order neuron model; visual cortex; visual hallucinations; Biological system modeling; Brain modeling; Cellular neural networks; Circuits; Dementia; Epilepsy; Mental disorders; Neurons; Shape; Space missions;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2005. ISCAS 2005. IEEE International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8834-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1464583
