A review of learning in biologically plausible spiking neural networks

A Taherkhani, A Belatreche, Y Li, G Cosma… - Neural Networks, 2020 - Elsevier
Artificial neural networks have been used as a powerful processing tool in various areas
such as pattern recognition, control, robotics, and bioinformatics. Their wide applicability has …

[PDF][PDF] Synaptic plasticity, engrams, and network oscillations in amygdala circuits for storage and retrieval of emotional memories

M Bocchio, S Nabavi, M Capogna - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
The neuronal circuits of the basolateral amygdala (BLA) are crucial for acquisition,
consolidation, retrieval, and extinction of associative emotional memories. Synaptic plasticity …

Training spiking neural networks using lessons from deep learning

JK Eshraghian, M Ward, EO Neftci… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The brain is the perfect place to look for inspiration to develop more efficient neural
networks. The inner workings of our synapses and neurons provide a glimpse at what the …

Artificial neural networks as models of neural information processing

M Van Gerven, S Bohte - Frontiers in computational neuroscience, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Conclusion Neural networks are experiencing a revival that not only transforms AI but also
provides new insights about neural computation in biological systems. The contributions in …

Temporal backpropagation for spiking neural networks with one spike per neuron

SR Kheradpisheh, T Masquelier - International journal of neural …, 2020 - World Scientific
We propose a new supervised learning rule for multilayer spiking neural networks (SNNs)
that use a form of temporal coding known as rank-order-coding. With this coding scheme, all …

[PDF][PDF] The centrality of population-level factors to network computation is demonstrated by a versatile approach for training spiking networks

B DePasquale, D Sussillo, LF Abbott, MM Churchland - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Neural activity is often described in terms of population-level factors extracted from the
responses of many neurons. Factors provide a lower-dimensional description with the aim of …

Fault and error tolerance in neural networks: A review

C Torres-Huitzil, B Girau - IEEE Access, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Beyond energy, the growing number of defects in physical substrates is becoming another
major constraint that affects the design of computing devices and systems. As the underlying …

Mapping spiking neural networks to neuromorphic hardware

A Balaji, A Das, Y Wu, K Huynh… - … Transactions on Very …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Neuromorphic hardware implements biological neurons and synapses to execute a spiking
neural network (SNN)-based machine learning. We present SpiNeMap, a design …

Is coding a relevant metaphor for the brain?

R Brette - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2019 - cambridge.org
“Neural coding” is a popular metaphor in neuroscience, where objective properties of the
world are communicated to the brain in the form of spikes. Here I argue that this metaphor is …

Meta-learning through hebbian plasticity in random networks

E Najarro, S Risi - Advances in Neural Information …, 2020 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Lifelong learning and adaptability are two defining aspects of biological agents. Modern
reinforcement learning (RL) approaches have shown significant progress in solving complex …