Generating Simulated Neural Circuits in a Voxel Space

Abstract

A three-dimensional voxel space is generated in which to generate a simulated neural circuit. The voxel space includes a plurality of voxels that store localized information. After the voxel space is generated, a plurality of simulated branched neurons, each of which has one or more input and/or output branches that occupy at least one of the voxels, are embedded in the voxel space. One or more of the branches of the plurality of simulated neurons then are generated in a manner that changes the voxels occupied by the grown branches, and the localized information stored in the voxels is updated to reflect the changes in the voxels occupied by the grown branches.

1 . A computer implemented method for generating simulated neurons, the method comprising:
 generating a three-dimensional voxel space in which to generate a simulated neural circuit, the voxel space including a plurality of voxels that store localized information;   embedding a plurality of simulated branched neurons in the voxel space, each simulated neuron having one or more branches, each of the branches occupying at least one of the voxels;   generating one or more of the branches of the plurality of simulated neurons in a manner that changes the voxels occupied by the generated branches; and   updating the localized information stored in the voxels to reflect the changes in the voxels occupied by the generated branches.