From real-time single to multicompartmental Hodgkin-Huxley neurons on FPGA for bio-hybrid systems

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2022 Jul:2022:1602-1606. doi: 10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9871176.

Abstract

Modeling biological neural networks has been a field opening to major advances in our understanding of the mechanisms governing the functioning of the brain in normal and pathological conditions. The emergence of real-time neuromorphic platforms has been leading to a rising significance of bio-hybrid experiments as part of the development of neuromorphic biomedical devices such as neuroprosthesis. To provide a new tool for the neurological disorder characterization, we design real-time single and multicompartmental Hodgkin-Huxley neurons on FPGA. These neurons allow biological neural network emulation featuring improved accuracy through compartment modeling and show integration in bio-hybrid system thanks to its real-time dynamics.

MeSH terms

  • Brain / physiology
  • Models, Neurological*
  • Neural Networks, Computer
  • Neurons* / physiology