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Memristive synapses connect brain and silicon spiking neurons

Memristive synapses connect brain and silicon spiking neurons
Memristive synapses connect brain and silicon spiking neurons
Brain function relies on circuits of spiking neurons with synapses playing the key role of merging transmission with memory storage and processing. Electronics has made important advances to emulate neurons and synapses and brain-computer interfacing concepts that interlink brain and brain-inspired devices are beginning to materialise. We report on memristive links between brain and silicon spiking neurons that emulate transmission and plasticity properties of real synapses. A memristor paired with a metal-thin film titanium oxide microelectrode connects a silicon neuron to a neuron of the rat hippocampus. Memristive plasticity accounts for modulation of connection strength, while transmission is mediated by weighted stimuli through the thin film oxide leading to responses that resemble excitatory postsynaptic potentials. The reverse brain-to-silicon link is established through a microelectrode-memristor pair. On these bases, we demonstrate a three-neuron brain-silicon network where memristive synapses undergo long-term potentiation or depression driven by neuronal firing rates.
2045-2322
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Mayr, Christian
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Indiveri, Giacomo
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Vassanelli, Stefano
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Serb, Alexantrou, Corna, Andrea, George, Richard, Khiat, Ali, Rocchi, Federico, Reato, Marco, Maschietto, Marta, Mayr, Christian, Indiveri, Giacomo, Vassanelli, Stefano and Prodromakis, Themistoklis (2020) Memristive synapses connect brain and silicon spiking neurons. Scientific Reports, 10 (1), [2590]. (doi:10.1038/s41598-020-58831-9).

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Brain function relies on circuits of spiking neurons with synapses playing the key role of merging transmission with memory storage and processing. Electronics has made important advances to emulate neurons and synapses and brain-computer interfacing concepts that interlink brain and brain-inspired devices are beginning to materialise. We report on memristive links between brain and silicon spiking neurons that emulate transmission and plasticity properties of real synapses. A memristor paired with a metal-thin film titanium oxide microelectrode connects a silicon neuron to a neuron of the rat hippocampus. Memristive plasticity accounts for modulation of connection strength, while transmission is mediated by weighted stimuli through the thin film oxide leading to responses that resemble excitatory postsynaptic potentials. The reverse brain-to-silicon link is established through a microelectrode-memristor pair. On these bases, we demonstrate a three-neuron brain-silicon network where memristive synapses undergo long-term potentiation or depression driven by neuronal firing rates.

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Accepted/In Press date: 21 January 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 25 February 2020
Published date: 25 February 2020
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © 2020, The Author(s). Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

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Local EPrints ID: 437990
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/437990
ISSN: 2045-2322
PURE UUID: fec83801-2e5e-4759-a023-080fd92ac9d2
ORCID for Themistoklis Prodromakis: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6267-6909

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Date deposited: 25 Feb 2020 17:31
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Author: Alexantrou Serb
Author: Andrea Corna
Author: Richard George
Author: Ali Khiat
Author: Federico Rocchi
Author: Marco Reato
Author: Marta Maschietto
Author: Christian Mayr
Author: Giacomo Indiveri
Author: Stefano Vassanelli
Author: Themistoklis Prodromakis ORCID iD

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