Neuron

In order to fully understand the interface methods of neuroprosthetics and brain-machine interfacing, increasingly used to interface with VR systems, a basic grounding of the wetware components of the brain might be beneficial.

The neuron is the main cell type in the brain and central nervous system, responsible for transmission and processing of data. They are not the only such cell type in the brain, but all cognition involves them. They transmit electrochemical signals across their length at anything from 2 ? 200 metres per second. These are the cells that neuroprosthetics attempt to exchange voltage charges with, to enable communication.

Neurons exist in the brain by the hundreds of billions, and thread throughout the body in the hundreds of millions.

See also: Axon, Dendrite, Axon Tip, Synapse, Myelin, Myelin Sheath

Below, we offer a selection of links from our resource databases which may match this term.

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Improving BCI: Neural Network on a Chip
In neuroprosthetics, rather than guide the electrodes to neuron dendrites, why not guide neuron dendrites to the electrodes?

Resource List: Blue Brain Project: Building a Brain

On the sixth of June 2005, the most ambitious project to date for brain research was launched. Its mission: to recreate a human brain in simulation, neuron for neuron, connection for connection. Then, turn it on, and give it stimulai, to see what happens.

Blue Brain Project - creating a simulated brain

Industry news, originally posted 16-06-2005. On the sixth of June 2005, the most ambitious project to date for brain research was launched. Its mission: to recreate a human brain in simulation, neuron for neuron, connection for connection.

Spiking Neuron Models: Single Neurons, Populations, Plasticity

Neurons in the brain communicate by short electrical pulses, the so-called action potentials or spikes. How can we understand the process of spike generation? How can we understand information transmission by neurons? What happens if thousands of neurons are coupled together in a seemingly random network? How does the network connectivity determine the activity patterns?

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