TY - JOUR
T1 - Does a randomly organized electrical circuit function as a neuronal system?
AU - Kawamura, Kiyoshi
AU - Funabashi, Yasuhiro
AU - Morita, Satoru
AU - Omata, Kazumi
AU - Oshio, Ken Ichi
AU - Osana, Yuko
AU - Oka, Kotaro
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - It is argued that a randomly fabricated electric circuit functions as an information processor. Indeed, the neuronal system of Caenorhabdilis elegans (C. elegans) is a random network which processes various information for the survival of the worm. After properties of the connectivity of the neuronal system of the worm are reviewed to emphasize its randomness, it is confirmed that a network of resistors, which is topologically homologous to the neuronal network of C. elegans, can encode a decision table which is similar to the decision table of the native responses of the worm. Some structural properties, which are advantageous for the functioning of a random resistor network for an information processor, are discussed. In addition, it is suggested that a network of resistors with these propeties is a bundle of intertwisted wires connected by some resistive particles.
AB - It is argued that a randomly fabricated electric circuit functions as an information processor. Indeed, the neuronal system of Caenorhabdilis elegans (C. elegans) is a random network which processes various information for the survival of the worm. After properties of the connectivity of the neuronal system of the worm are reviewed to emphasize its randomness, it is confirmed that a network of resistors, which is topologically homologous to the neuronal network of C. elegans, can encode a decision table which is similar to the decision table of the native responses of the worm. Some structural properties, which are advantageous for the functioning of a random resistor network for an information processor, are discussed. In addition, it is suggested that a network of resistors with these propeties is a bundle of intertwisted wires connected by some resistive particles.
KW - C. Elegans
KW - Neuronal network
KW - Resistor network
KW - Self-organized electrical circuit
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U2 - 10.1143/jjap.40.2095
DO - 10.1143/jjap.40.2095
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035267520
SN - 0021-4922
VL - 40
SP - 2095
EP - 2099
JO - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters
JF - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters
IS - 3 B
ER -