Compendium of Neural Mechanisms

An Interactive Visual Compendium of Neural Mechanisms, Their Functions, and Their Inner Workings: Project No. 1

Authors:

Aramis D. M. Valverde and Troy Weekes

Lead Programmer:

Troy Weekes

Summary:

There exists a set of neural systems which are well understood but remain mostly inaccessible to interdiciplinary researchers, due to the amount of background knowledge in chemistry and biology necessary to fully understand said systems. In an attempt to bring an understanding of these mechanisms and their functions to a wider audience, we will analyze these systems, break them down into their most essential computational components, reconstitute them as neural circuits, and then instantiate those neural circuits in an interactive web-based compendium.

These mechanisms will range in their function and their anatomical particularities, however they will be expressed in a common visual language. In the same way that circuit diagrams use the same language regardless of whether the components are made of copper, sillica, or iron, we will ignore traditional anatomical distinctions in favor of a functional understanding of the whole system. And in doing so we will be able to emphasize the interesting and diverse mechanisms avaliable to and extant in neurally based systems, for both human and non-human animals.

Video Resources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx_BT6DU624

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-0LQaujK68

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKaFjw8N8zQ

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