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Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 01:50:21 EDT
Subject: Re: CryoNet #26109 To T. Donaldson

You said:
> So we come to the question of how the axon of the sending neuron
> grows properly toward the receiving neuron. In real neurons, 
> guidance is by chemical factors released by the receiving neuron,
> by astrocytes surrounding it, or by other nearby cells. Growth
> involves sensing these factors.

The shape of the action potential seems to convey no information, so, as I 

have said before, there is no need to reproduce it, a simple rectangular wave is
sufficient. This one can be efficiently broadcasted from a computer table. To 
link neuron X1send to neuron X2receiv , It suffice to put the X2receiv 
address in the sending table of X1send and create an entry for X1send on a new 
synapse in X2receiv (the whole synapse is simulated on X2receiv, includind the 
presynaptic axon terminal). This is a rather trivial software piece.

Yvan Bozzonetti.


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