Some logic functions realized on a stationary nonlinear dendrite

Subtitle: 3. Interaction of excitatory and inhibitory synapses

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Garliauskas, Algis | Shimoliunas, Algirdas | Gutman, Aron

Affiliations: Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, 2600 Vilnius, Akademijos St.4, Lithuania | Kaunas Medical Academy, 3000 Kaunas, Mickevičiaus St.9, Lithuania

Abstract: The binary logic functions “excitation and/or noninhibition” and “excitation and noninhibition” are realized by the model of a nonlinear stationary dendritic branch. The neuron with such dendrites is a complex logic system performing a great member of elementary logic operations.

Keywords: neurocomputer, dendrite, synaple, current–voltage nonlinearity, bistability

DOI: 10.3233/INF-1992-3402

Journal: Informatica, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 469-473, 1992