A hardware-efficient multi-compartment soma-dendrite model based on asynchronous cellular automaton dynamics

Abstract

In this paper, a multi-compartment soma-dendrite model based on asynchronous cellular automaton dynamics is designed. It is shown that the model can reproduce typical propagation phenomena of membrane potentials between somas and dendrites of neurons. Also, the model is implemented in a field programmable gate array and it is shown that the model can be implemented by using much less hardware resource compared to conventional multi-compartment soma-dendrite models.