Abstract

Computational Neuroscience is a branch of neuroscience that investigates how the nervous system works, by developing comprehensive simulation models of single neurons or networks that are based on experimental findings. In this paper we describe our efforts in designing a scalable virtual reality system and heuristic-based interface library for use by computational neuroscientists to visualize simulated data from their research 1 . 1 Introduction The last several years have seen a dramatic increase in the number of neurobiologists building or using computer-based models as a regular part of their efforts to understand how different neural systems function[Bow92]. As experimental data continues to amass, it is increasingly clear that detailed physiological and anatomical data alone are not enough to infer how neural circuits work. Experimentalists are increasingly recognizing the need for the quantitative approach to exploring the functional consequences of particular neuronal featur...

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