Neuron animation

Post date: Apr 3, 2011 2:25:31 AM

Here is a .exe file you can run in Windows or Linux (e.g. Ubuntu) or Mac OS X (using Wine) to give you a better appreciation of neurons spiking. :) The following is from the file's original source site:

Spike Trains Demo Simulation

• Description: This demo simulation was designed as an installation at the exhibition comm.gr2000az. It should serve as a ``window'' into the world of information processing in living organisms.
• System requirements: Windows 95/98 with DirectX
• Installation
  1. Download SpikeTrains-Exe.zip
  2. Unzip SpikeTrains-Exe.zip which contains the executable SpikeTrains.exe and the user manual manual.html
  3. Read the user manual manual.html
  4. Run SpikeTrains.exe by double-clicking
  5. Have fun :-)
• Source Code
  • You can also download the source code: SpikeTrains-Src.zip
• Articles and Books describing networks of spiking neurons
  1. Spike Trains: Im Rythmus Neuronaler Zellen by W. Maass (german only)
  2. Netzwerke von Spiking Neuronen: Die dritte Generation von Modellen für neuronale Netzwerke by Thomas Natschläger; (german version of 3)
  3. Networks of Spiking Neurons: A New Generation of Neural Network Models by Thomas Natschläger
  4. Pulsed Neural Networks, W. Maass and C. M. Bishop, editors, MIT Press, 1999.

©2000, Thomas Natschläger, Harald Burgsteiner

Source: http://www.igi.tugraz.at/tnatschl/spike_trains_eng.html