Symmetry and self-organization of the oculomotor neural integrator

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Abstract

Modeling and experiment support the assertion that the oculomotor neural integrator works through positive feedback via reciprocal inhibition. Clinical studies reveal that the integrator is operational immediately after birth, suggesting that it develops prenataily. Using facts and computational techniques from dynamic systems theory, it can be shown that self-organization of the oculomotor neural integrator could occur through the construction during development of symmetrically connected clusters of neurons. This method is neurobiologically plausible and robust, and networks designed using it reproduce the dynamics observed for brainstem neurons that are part of the actual oculomotor neural integrator.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationBiological and Artificial Computation
Subtitle of host publicationFrom Neuroscience to Technology - International Work-Conference on Artificial and Natural Neural Networks, IWANN 1997, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer
Pages116-123
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)3540630473, 9783540630470
DOIs
StatePublished - 1997
Event4th International Work-Conference on Artificial and Natural Neural Networks, IWANN 1997 - Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
Duration: Jun 4 1997Jun 6 1997

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume1240 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

Other4th International Work-Conference on Artificial and Natural Neural Networks, IWANN 1997
Country/TerritorySpain
CityLanzarote, Canary Islands
Period6/4/976/6/97

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

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