Neural circuit
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In neuroscience, a biological neural network (sometimes called a neural pathway) is a series of interconnected neurons whose activation defines a recognizable linear pathway. The interface through which neurons interact with their neighbors usually consists of several axon terminals connected via synapses to dendrites on other neurons. If the sum of the input signals into one neuron surpasses a certain threshold, the neuron sends an action potential (AP) at the axon hillock and transmits this electrical signal along the axon.
In contrast, a neural circuit is a functional entity of interconnected neurons that is able to regulate its own activity using a feedback loop (similar to a control loop in cybernetics).
Biological neural networks have inspired the design of artificial neural networks.
See also
- Artificial neural network
- Biological cybernetics
- Biological neuron models
- Biologically inspired computing
- CoDi
- Holistic science
- How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker
- List of regions in the human brain
- Memristor
- Neural backpropagation
- Neural computing
- Neural ensemble
- Neural network
- Neural oscillation
- Neurally controlled animat
- Neuroinformatics
- Parallel distributed processing
- Practopoiesis
- Pulse-coupled networks
- Synaptic plasticity
