Download or read book Emulation of Bursting Neurons in Neuromorphic Hardware Based on Phase-Change Materials written by Richard Meyes and published by Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag). This book was released on 2015 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intro -- CHAPTER 1: Introduction -- CHAPTER 2: A Biological Background -- 2.1. The Neuron -- 2.2. The Synapse -- 2.3. An Overall View -- CHAPTER 3: Experimental Emulations -- 3.1. Modeling STP and LTP in a CMOS Spiking NeuralNetwork Chip -- 3.2. Implementation of STDP based on Phase-ChangeMaterial Synapses -- 3.3. Phase-Change Materials for Artificial NeuralNetworks -- 3.4. An Overall View -- CHAPTER 4: Bursting Neurons -- 4.1. Physiological Mechanisms of Bursting -- 4.2. Bursts as a Unit of Neuronal Information -- 4.3. Bursting for Selective Communication -- 4.4. Modeling Neuronal Bursting Activity -- 4.5. An Overall View -- CHAPTER 5: A PCM Bursting Neuron -- 5.1. Voltage-Controlled Relaxation Oscillation in a PCMDevice -- 5.2. The Analogy to Hippocampal Pyramidal BurstingNeurons -- 5.3. Simulation of a PCM Bursting Neuron -- 5.4. An Overall View -- CHAPTER 6: An Outlook on the Future -- APPENDIX A: Quantification of the MembranePotential -- APPENDIX B: Vocabulary -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgement