Input-Output Transformation Within a Neuron
Input-Output Transformation Within a Neuron
Lou Beaulieu-Laroche
McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
This is an image of a live human brain cell (neuron). The cell body (spherical structure in the center) as well as the dendrites (the tree-like processes extending from the cell body) can be seen. I recorded the electrical properties of this human neuron with two electrodes (the thick triangles extending from the cell body). With my electrical recording, I was trying to gain insight into the input-output transformation happening in this particular neuron.