Accurate models like these can really aid in the understanding of the incredibly complex dynamics at work in the human brain
- Guillaume Hennequin
A newly-developed, highly accurate representation of the way in which neurons behave when performing movements such as reaching could not only enhance understanding of the complex dynamics at work in the brain, but aid in the development of robotic limbs which are capable of more complex and natural movements.
Researchers from the University of Cambridge, working in collaboration with the University of Oxford and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), have developed a new model of a neural network, offering a novel theory of how neurons work together when performing complex movements. The results are published in the journal Neuron.
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Image: Multiphoton microscopy of mouse motor neurons
Credit: Zeiss Microscopy via flickr
Reproduced courtesy of the University of Cambridge
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