Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Huse Ramstad, Ola"
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Assessment and manipulation of the computational capacity of in vitro neuronal networks through criticality in neuronal avalanches
Heiney, Kristine; Huse Ramstad, Ola; Sandvig, Ioanna; Sandvig, Axel; Nichele, Stefano (Chapter, 2020)In this work, we report the preliminary analysis of the electrophysiological behavior of in vitro neuronal networks to identify when the networks are in a critical state based on the size distribution of network-wide ... -
Criticality as a measure of developing proteinopathy in engineered human neural networks
Valderhaug, Vibeke Devold; Heiney, Kristine; Huse Ramstad, Ola; Bråthen, Geir; Kuan, Wei-Li; Nichele, Stefano; Sandvig, Axel; Sandvig, Ioanna (Journal article, 2020)A patterned spread of proteinopathy represents a common characteristic of many neurodegenerative diseases. In Parkinson’s disease (PD), misfolded forms of alpha-synuclein proteins aggregate and accumulate in hallmark ... -
Criticality, Connectivity, and Neural Disorder: A Multifaceted Approach to Neural Computation
Heiney, Kristine; Huse Ramstad, Ola; Fiskum, Vegard; Christiansen, Nicholas; Sandvig, Axel; Nichele, Stefano; Sandvig, Ioanna (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)It has been hypothesized that the brain optimizes its capacity for computation by self-organizing to a critical point. The dynamical state of criticality is achieved by striking a balance such that activity can effectively ... -
Early functional changes associated with alpha-synuclein proteinopathy in engineered human neural networks
Valderhaug, Vibeke Devold; Heiney, Kristine; Huse Ramstad, Ola; Bråthen, Geir; Kuan, Wei-Li; Nichele, Stefano; Sandvig, Axel; Sandvig, Ioanna (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)A patterned spread of proteinopathy represents a common characteristic of many neurodegenerative diseases. In Parkinson’s disease (PD), misfolded forms of α-synuclein proteins accumulate in hallmark pathological inclusions ... -
Evolving spiking neuron cellular automata and networks to emulate in vitro neuronal activity
Jensen Farner, Jørgen; Weydahl, Håkon; Jahren, Ruben; Huse Ramstad, Ola; Nichele, Stefano; Heiney, Kristine Anne (Chapter, 2021)Neuro-inspired models and systems have great potential for applications in unconventional computing. Often, the mechanisms of biological neurons are modeled or mimicked in simulated or physical systems in an attempt to ... -
Hallmarks of Criticality in Neuronal Networks Depend on Cell Type and the Temporal Resolution of Neuronal Avalanches
Heiney, Kristine; Valderhaug, Vibeke Devold; Huse Ramstad, Ola; Sandvig, Ioanna; Sandvig, Axel; Nichele, Stefano (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The human brain has a remarkable capacity for computation, and it has been theorized that this capacity arises from the brain self-organizing into the critical state, a dynamical state poised between ordered and dis- ordered ... -
Merging pruning and neuroevolution: towards robust and efficient controllers for modular soft robots
Nadizar, Giorgia; Medvet, Eric; Huse Ramstad, Ola; Nichele, Stefano; Pellegrino, Felice Andrea; Zullich, Marco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Artificial neural networks (ANNs) can be employed as controllers for robotic agents. Their structure is often complex, with many neurons and connections, especially when the robots have many sensors and actuators distributed ... -
Method to Obtain Neuromorphic Reservoir Networks from Images of in Vitro Cortical Networks
Mello, Gustavo; Pontes-Filho, Sidney; Sandvig, Ioanna; Valderhaug, Vibeke Devold; Zouganeli, Evi; Huse Ramstad, Ola; Sandvig, Axel; Nichele, Stefano (Chapter, 2020)In the brain, the structure of a network of neurons defines how these neurons implement the computations that underlie the mind and the behavior of animals and humans. Provided that we can describe the network of neurons ... -
Minimum Equivalence in Random Boolean Networks, Elementary Cellular Automata, and Beyond
Glover, Tom Eivind; Jahren, Christian Ruben; Huse Ramstad, Ola; Nichele, Stefano (Chapter, 2023)Random Boolean networks (RBN) and Cellular Automata (CA) operate in a very similar way. They update their state with simple deterministic functions called Boolean function or Transition Table (TT), both being essentially ... -
Neuronal avalanche dynamics and functional connectivity elucidate information propagation in vitro
Heiney, Kristine Anne; Huse Ramstad, Ola; Fiskum, Vegard; Sandvig, Axel; Sandvig, Ioanna; Nichele, Stefano (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Cascading activity is commonly observed in complex dynamical systems, including networks of biological neurons, and how these cascades spread through the system is reliant on how the elements of the system are connected ... -
Structural and functional alterations associated with the LRRK2 G2019S mutation revealed in structured human neural networks
Valderhaug, Vibeke Devold; Huse Ramstad, Ola; van de Wijdeven, Rosanne Francisca; Heiney, Kristine; Nichele, Stefano; Sandvig, Axel; Sandvig, Ioanna (Journal article, 2020)Mutations in the LRRK2 gene have been widely linked to Parkinson’s disease. The G2019S variant has been shown to contribute uniquely to both familial and sporadic forms of the disease. LRRK2-related mutations have been ... -
Structuring a multi-nodal neural network in vitro within a novel design microfluidic chip
van de Wijdeven, Rosanne; Huse Ramstad, Ola; Bauer, Ulrich Stefan; Halaas, Øyvind; Sandvig, Axel; Sandvig, Ioanna (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Neural network formation is a complex process involving axon outgrowth and guidance. Axon guidance is facilitated by structural and molecular cues from the surrounding microenvironment. Micro-fabrication techniques can be ... -
Towards Making a Cyborg: A Closed-Loop Reservoir-Neuro System
Aaser, Peter; Knudsen, Martinius; Huse Ramstad, Ola; van de Wijdeven, Rosanne; Nichele, Stefano; Sandvig, Ioanna; Tufte, Gunnar; Bauer, Ulrich Stefan; Halaas, Øyvind; Hendseth, Sverre; Sandvig, Axel; Valderhaug, Vibeke Devold (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)The human brain is a remarkable computing machine, i.e. vastly parallel, self-organizing, robust, and energy efficient. To gain a better understanding into how the brain works, a cyborg (cybernetic organism, a combination ...