Neuromatch Academy — Computational Neuroscience

Intro

Introduces the biological complexity behind neuron and synapse models, including electrical signalling and the route into simplified computational descriptions.

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Start here before the practical neuron tutorials to see what a model includes and which biological details it leaves aside.

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