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Modeling Temperature-Sensitive Neural Networks in the Hypothalamus
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Pirc, Alycia Ann
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Year and Degree
2011, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Mathematics.
Abstract
The idea of a set-point temperature for thermoregulatory control was hypothesized by H.T. Hammel in 1965. Warm-sensitive neurons and temperature insensitive neurons in the hypothalamus signal to synaptically driven effector neurons. Thermosensitivity is measured by a neuron’s firing rate, or the number of action potentials in a given time. The result of Hammel's work is a feed-forward neural network that influences the body’s control of heat production and heat loss. We extend his idea into a system of differential equations modeling the feed-forward neural network of his design. The results of our model focus on the firing rates of the effector neuron. Generally, our model agrees with the propositions posed by Hammel and his predecessors: effector neurons are synaptically driven to display characteristics of thermosensitive neurons.
Committee
Janet Best (Advisor)
Jack Boulant (Committee Member)
Subject Headings
Mathematics
;
Neurobiology
Keywords
thermosensitivity
;
neural network
;
H.T. Hammel
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Pirc, A. A. (2011).
Modeling Temperature-Sensitive Neural Networks in the Hypothalamus
[Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1306811701
APA Style (7th edition)
Pirc, Alycia.
Modeling Temperature-Sensitive Neural Networks in the Hypothalamus.
2011. Ohio State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1306811701.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Pirc, Alycia. "Modeling Temperature-Sensitive Neural Networks in the Hypothalamus." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1306811701
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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