For the summer months we gained another scholar, Lucas Lazar from the University of Glasgow, to work on neuron model as decision-making units with internal memory. With a view of neurons and glial cells as derived from units which process stimuli and respond with internal changes as well as signals they release back into their environment, we gain an overall perspective of neurons and glial cells in the brain which goes beyond their role as mere transfer functions. There are excellent detailed data available on different types of neurons, for instance, in mouse brain V1 from the Allen institute. The challenge is to consider how to make use of this information for an abstract mathematical model.
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