Biomimetic Implementation of Neural Pathways and Synaptic Plasticity Using Basic Electronics (IMAGE)

International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing

Biomimetic Implementation of Neural Pathways and Synaptic Plasticity Using Basic Electronics

Caption

The schematic illustrates biological synaptic transmission (action potential–presynaptic stimulation–channel opening–neurotransmitter release–postsynaptic current) and its electronic emulation: a driving single-walled carbon nanotube thin-film transistors (SWCNT TFTs), Mini-LED-based optical neurotransmitter simulation, and a photosensitive SWCNT TFT module, replicating synaptic plasticity mechanisms.

Credit

By Jiaqi Li, Lingzhi Wu, Jing Xu, Min Li*, Mingnan Chen, Chengyong Xu, Shuangshuang Shao, Manman Luo* and Jianwen Zhao*

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