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

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Ghahari, Alireza (Author), Enderle, John D. (John Denis) (Author)
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 ; # 55.
Subjects:	Eye > Movements > Mathematical models. Saccadic eye movements > Mathematical models. burst firing compartmental approach muscle fiber neural dynamic neural input neural model neural network oculomotor plant saccade system identification time-optimal control Electronic books.
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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.