Vanadium dioxide circuits emulate neurological disorders

Lin, J; Guha, S; Ramanathan, S

HERO ID

5035993

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

2018

Language

English

PMID

30555289

HERO ID 5035993
In Press No
Year 2018
Title Vanadium dioxide circuits emulate neurological disorders
Authors Lin, J; Guha, S; Ramanathan, S
Journal Frontiers in Neuroscience
Volume 12
Page Numbers 1-13
Abstract Information in the central nervous system (CNS) is conducted via electrical signals known as action potentials and is encoded in time. Several neurological disorders including depression, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), originate in faulty brain signaling frequencies. Here, we present a Hodgkin-Huxley model analog for a strongly correlated VO2 artificial neuron system that undergoes an electrically-driven insulator-metal transition. We demonstrate that tuning of the insulating phase resistance in VO2 threshold switch circuits can enable direct mimicry of neuronal origins of disorders in the CNS. The results introduce use of circuits based on quantum materials as complementary to model animal studies for neuroscience, especially when precise measurements of local electrical properties or competing parallel paths for conduction in complex neural circuits can be a challenge to identify onset of breakdown or diagnose early symptoms of disease.
Doi 10.3389/fnins.2018.00856
Pmid 30555289
Wosid WOS:000451922800001
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