ConceptSynapse

Related: ConceptNeuron, SoftwareSynapse

One-way signaling devices.

• Excitatory synapse

  • Increasing the voltage of a neuron. (positive number) (ConceptSynapseWeight)

• Inhibitory synapse

  • Decreasing the voltage of a neuron. (negative number) (ConceptSynapseWeight)

SynapseAmount

From one neuron to another neuron only one synapse in BS.

"The Brain Simulator only allows a single synapse between any two neurons and we simply presume that this represents the aggregate weight of a larger number of parallel synapses. As a consequence, the number of synapses required to implement any specific function is much smaller than the number of synapses observed in biological neurons."

"the number of synapses required for a learning function in the Brain Simulator is smaller than the number of synapses observed in biological neurons by a factor of two."