Lara R, Arbib M A, Cromarty A S
J Neurosci. 1982 Apr;2(4):521-30. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.02-04-00521.1982.
We used computer analysis of differential equations to study the properties of a family of models of a unit of neural circuitry in the amphibian tectum, the tectal column. Computer experiments were used to discriminate among various hypotheses and to suggest new experiments. Particular attention was paid to physiological data on facilitation of amphibian prey-catching behavior which led us to model the facilitation in terms of dynamic activity in the tectal column rather than in terms of synaptic modification.
我们使用微分方程的计算机分析来研究两栖动物视顶盖中一个神经回路单元——视顶盖柱的一系列模型的特性。通过计算机实验来区分各种假设并提出新的实验。我们特别关注了关于两栖动物捕食行为易化作用的生理学数据,这些数据使我们从视顶盖柱中的动态活动而非突触修饰的角度来模拟易化作用。