Fox, C., Humphries, M., Mitchinson, B. et al. (3 more authors) (2009) Technical integration of hippocampus, Basal Ganglia and physical models for spatial navigation. Front Neuroinform, 3. 6. ISSN 1662-5196
Abstract
Computational neuroscience is increasingly moving beyond modeling individual neurons or neural systems to consider the integration of multiple models, often constructed by different research groups. We report on our preliminary technical integration of recent hippocampal formation, basal ganglia and physical environment models, together with visualisation tools, as a case study in the use of Python across the modelling tool-chain. We do not present new modeling results here. The architecture incorporates leaky-integrator and rate-coded neurons, a 3D environment with collision detection and tactile sensors, 3D graphics and 2D plots. We found Python to be a flexible platform, offering a significant reduction in development time, without a corresponding significant increase in execution time. We illustrate this by implementing a part of the model in various alternative languages and coding styles, and comparing their execution times. For very large-scale system integration, communication with other languages and parallel execution may be required, which we demonstrate using the BRAHMS framework's Python bindings.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2009 Fox, Humphries, Mitchinson, Kiss, Somogyvari and Prescott. This is an open-access article subject to an exclusive license agreement between the authors and the Frontiers Research Foundation, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited. |
Keywords: | BRAHMS; Python; basal ganglia; hippocampus; place cells; plus-maze; spatial navigation |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 14 Nov 2016 11:35 |
Last Modified: | 14 Nov 2016 11:35 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/neuro.11.006.2009 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Frontiers Media |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3389/neuro.11.006.2009 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:107051 |