Abstract
The cerebellum is a layered structure, each layer distinguished by its own neural architecture and hence its own functional role. Consequently each layer constitutes a network in its own right. The granular layer is examined here. It is responsible for providing a representational surface for the principal cerebellar afferent system, the mossy fibres. This paper is concerned with the mechanisms which underlie the construction of this representation and with the functional properties it possesses. As in previous work [1, 2] the granular layer network is conceived as having a compartmental organisation. Whereas some modellers [2] assumed independent action, in [1] it was suggested that compartmental interaction could be a functionally-relevant mechanism operating within the granular layer. In this paper it will be demonstrated that this is indeed the case; this is shown by using the example of the XOR problem.
1 should like to thank the U.K. SERC for their financial assistance and my colleagues in the NSE group for their help in the preparation of this paper.
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Kalia, L.N. (1994). Compartmental Interaction in the Granular Layer of the Cerebellum. In: Marinaro, M., Morasso, P.G. (eds) ICANN ’94. ICANN 1994. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2097-1_22
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