Neuronal Adaptive Mechanisms Underlying Intelligent Information Processing
Abstract
By means of this grant, advances were made in: 1. Identifying key features controlling adaptation in neural networks. 2in. Developing and calibrating a device for pressure injection of minute volumes through fine micropipettes. 3. Examining, intracellularly, the response of single cortical neurons to: a. a behavioral unconditioned stimulus used to produce conditioned behavior; b. an unconditioned stimulus produced by direct electrical activation, antidromically, of single, pyramidal tract neurons; and c. direct application of pharmacologic agents thought to cause neural adaptation. 4. Simulating adaptive features of single neurons. 5. Altering rates of acquisition of conditioned behavior by direct neuromodulatory procedures. The results have led to an improved understanding of neuronal adaptive mechanisms underlying intelligent information processing by the brain and afford the design of improve components for use in artificial intelligence.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA101908
Entities
People
- Charles D. Woody
Organizations
- University of California