METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING PHYSIOLOGICALLY MOTIVATED NEUROMORPHIC MODELS IN CNNS

We introduce a collection of techniques, which we propose to denote 'n euromorphic CNN', for applying cellular neural networks to the physiol ogically-detailed modelling of biological neural systems, Examples wil l be given of the application of these methods to the construction of highly biologically-faithful models of the vertebrate retina, and the utility of such models to neurobiological research will be discussed.