Title :
Chaos in neural systems: from epilepsy to neurocomputing
Author :
Ditto, William L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Bioeng., Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL, USA
Abstract :
An overview of how chaos can be utilized in living neuronal systems is presented with examples gleaned from experiments involving the maintenance of chaos in rat hippocampal slices, the use of chaotic circuits to create logic gates and the use of patch clamped leech neurons for logical operations.
Keywords :
biological techniques; biological tissues; brain; cellular biophysics; chaos; diseases; medical computing; nonlinear dynamical systems; reviews; chaos; chaotic circuits; epilepsy; living neuronal systems; logic gates; neural systems; neurocomputing; patch clamped leech neurons; rat hippocampal slices; Biological systems; Biomedical engineering; Brain; Chaos; Circuits; Control systems; Epilepsy; Humans; Logic gates; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2003. Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7789-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2003.1280997
