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Models of horizontal eye movements. Part 4, A multiscale neuron and muscle fiber-based linear saccade model / Alireza Ghahari, John D. Enderle.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Morgan & Claypool)
Main Authors: Ghahari, Alireza (Author), Enderle, John D. (John Denis) (Author)
Other title:Multiscale neuron and muscle fiber-based linear saccade model.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Rafael, California (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool, 2015.
Series:Synthesis lectures on biomedical engineering (Online) ; # 55.
Subjects:
Eye > Movements > Mathematical models.
Saccadic eye movements > Mathematical models.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. A new linear muscle fiber model for neural control of saccades
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Muscle fiber model
  • 1.2.1 Scalability and steady-state
  • 1.2.2 Static and dynamic properties of the muscle fiber model of muscle
  • 1.3 Oculomotor plant
  • 1.4 Neural input
  • 1.5 Results
  • 1.6 Discussion
  • 1.6.1 Maximal firing of the agonist neurons
  • 1.6.2 Saccade and agonist pulse duration
  • 1.6.3 Number of active neurons and time-optimal control
  • 1.6.4 Synchrony of agonist neuron firing
  • 1.6.5 Variability in agonist neuron firing
  • 1.7 Conclusion
  • 2. A physiological neural controller of a muscle fiber oculomotor plant in horizontal monkey saccades
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Neural network
  • 2.2.1 Superior colliculus
  • 2.2.2 Premotor neurons in the PPRF
  • 2.2.3 Omnipause neuron
  • 2.2.4 Tonic neuron
  • 2.2.5 Interneuron
  • 2.2.6 Abducens nucleus
  • 2.2.7 Oculomotor nucleus
  • 2.2.8 Cerebellum
  • 2.3 Firing characteristics of each type of neuron
  • 2.3.1 Neural activity
  • 2.3.2 Burst discharge mechanism
  • 2.3.3 Sequence of neural firing
  • 2.4 Neural modeling
  • 2.4.1 Dendrite model
  • 2.4.2 Axon model
  • 2.4.3 Synapse model
  • 2.5 Time-optimal control of a muscle fiber model
  • 2.5.1 Agonist controller model
  • 2.5.2 Antagonist controller model
  • 2.5.3 Muscle fiber oculomotor model
  • 2.6 Neural system implementation
  • 2.6.1 Simulink programming
  • 2.6.2 Control simulation results
  • 2.7 Discussion
  • 2.7.1 Neural network framework
  • 2.7.2 Neural controllers
  • 2.7.3 Muscle fiber model and saccades
  • 2.8 Demonstration of the conjugate goal-directed horizontal human and monkey saccades programming interface
  • 2.8.1 GUI development for Simulink programs
  • 2.8.2 CGDHHMS interface
  • 2.9 Conclusion
  • References
  • Authors' biographies.

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