Autaptic circuits for neural vehicles

Battle, Steve

Abstract

This paper develops models for single recurrent neural circuits, known as autapses, where the axon of a neuron forms synapses onto its own dendrites. Once thought to be curiosities or artefacts of growing cells in vitro, autapses play a key role in the operation of Central Pattern Generators and the cortex where they may function as a simple short-term memory. Biologically plausible, idealized models of the autapse are able to produce arrhythmic, sustained behaviours in ‘neural vehicles’. Detailed models are developed to show how excitatory autapses may support both bistability and monostability.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour 2014
• Start Date: Apr 1, 2014
• End Date: Apr 4, 2014
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2014
• Deposit Date: Sep 9, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 22, 2016
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: robotics
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/819404
• Publisher URL: http://doc.gold.ac.uk/aisb50/AISB50-S05/AISB50-S5-Battle-paper.pdf
• Additional Information: Additional Information : Document made available under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. More information bottom of the following webpage http://www.aisb.org.uk/; Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour 2014
• Contract Date: Feb 22, 2016