A Circuit Model of the Hippocampus of the Brain.
Abstract
It is postulated that one main function of the cerebral fornices during a mammal's behavior-formative period is to signal, from the CA3 sector of the hippocampus, decisions on species-typical acts within gross modes of behavior as determined by the core of the reticular formation. Various functional interpretations of CA3's anatomy with respect to innate-response sharpening and conditioned learning are being investigated by computer simulation. Different permutations of pyramidal and basket cell synaptic polarities, various cross-correlative memory-element specifications, and different reinforcement methods are being tried. The present model is concerned with tonic equilibria in CA3's core of basket cell-pyramidal cell circuitry. It is hoped that the model can be developed into a theory for the entire hippocampus that will provide new biological insights, some of which may be of clinical value. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 30, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0720836
Entities
People
- William L. Kilmer
Organizations
- Michigan State University