Fig. 3: Schematic representation of the characteristics of an in vitro neural network. | Microsystems & Nanoengineering

Fig. 3: Schematic representation of the characteristics of an in vitro neural network.

From: Nanomaterial-based microelectrode arrays for in vitro bidirectional brain–computer interfaces: a review

Fig. 3

In vitro neural tissue is primed to handle complex tasks because individual neurons, which store and process information, can perform nonlinear logic operations in parallel. Neurons form networks through synaptic connections with highly conservative network modules (microcircuits/motifs) to realize information sharing, transmission and feedback. The network connections have plasticity, which can strengthen or weaken the connection strength between neurons through variable synapses to adaptively change the network structures and improve the efficiency of neurocomputing (created with http://BioRender.com)

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