Inhibitory Neurons

Model Sheds Light on Purpose of Inhibitory Neurons

NEUROSCIENCE NEWSJANUARY 9, 2017

Summary: Researchers have developed a new computational model that could help shed light on the role of inhibitory neurons.

Source: MIT.

Study suggests computational role for neurons that prevent other neurons from firing.

Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have developed a new computational model of a neural circuit in the brain, which could shed light on the biological role of inhibitory neurons — neurons that keep other neurons from firing.

“There’s a close correspondence between what you need for communication in rapidly changing networks and information processing in the brain,” professor Nancy Lynch says. “We’re trying to find problems that can benefit from this distributed-computing perspective, focusing on algorithms for which we can prove mathematical properties.” NeuroscienceNews.com image is credited to MIT News.