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Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 14:19:17 +0200
From: Eugen Leitl <>
Subject: Re: CryoNet #26112 - #26117
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On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 09:00:01AM -0000, CryoNet wrote:

> Message #26116
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> Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 01:50:21 EDT
> Subject: Re: CryoNet #26109 To T. Donaldson
> 
> You said:
> > So we come to the question of how the axon of the sending neuron
> > grows properly toward the receiving neuron. In real neurons, 
> > guidance is by chemical factors released by the receiving neuron,
> > by astrocytes surrounding it, or by other nearby cells. Growth
> > involves sensing these factors.
> 
> The shape of the action potential seems to convey no information, so, as I 

Timing and the shape of the dentritic tree e.g. does. 


> have said before, there is no need to reproduce it, a simple rectangular wave 
is 

> sufficient. This one can be efficiently broadcasted from a computer table. To

Look up spiking neuron.

> link neuron X1send to neuron X2receiv , It suffice to put the X2receiv 

> address in the sending table of X1send and create an entry for X1send on a new

> synapse in X2receiv (the whole synapse is simulated on X2receiv, includind the
> presynaptic axon terminal). This is a rather trivial software piece.

I suggest you read up on computational neuroscience. 

http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?tid=7058&ttype=2

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