Use of Multiple Astrocytic Configurations within an Artificial Neuro-Astrocytic Network

  1. Francisco Cedron
  2. Sara Alvarez-Gonzalez
  3. Alejandro Pazos 1
  4. Ana B. Porto-Pazos 1
  1. 1 Universidade da Coruña
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    Universidade da Coruña

    La Coruña, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01qckj285

Book:
XoveTIC 2019: The 2nd XoveTIC Conference (XoveTIC 2019), A Coruña, Spain, 5–6 September
  1. Alberto Alvarellos González (ed. lit.)
  2. José Joaquim de Moura Ramos (ed. lit.)
  3. Beatriz Botana Barreiro (ed. lit.)
  4. Javier Pereira Loureiro (ed. lit.)
  5. Manuel F. González Penedo (ed. lit.)

Publisher: MDPI

ISBN: 978-3-03921-444-0,  978-3-03921-443-3

Year of publication: 2019

Congress: XoveTIC (2. 2019. A Coruña)

Type: Conference paper

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Abstract

The artificial neural networks used in a multitude of fields are achieving good results. However, these systems are inspired in the vision of classical neuroscience where neurons are the only elements that process information in the brain. Advances in neuroscience have shown that there is a type of glial cell called astrocytes that collaborate with neurons to process information. In this work, a connectionist system formed by neurons and artificial astrocytes is presented. The astrocytes can have different configurations to achieve a biologically more realistic behaviour. This work indicates that the use of different artificial astrocytes behaviours is beneficial.

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