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'''Artificial neurons''' (also called '''McCulloch-Pitts''' neurons) are simple processing units based on the biological neurons. They can get connected to form [[artificial neural networks|artificial neural network]].
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'''Artificial neurons''' are processing units based on a neural model, often inspired on the biological neurons. The first artificial neuron model was created by McCullough and Pitts, since when newer and more realistic models have appeared.
 
Artificial neurons can be associated in order to create [[Artificial Neural Network|artificial neural networks]], which process the data carried through the neural connections.
 
[[Image:artificialneuron.png|thumb|450px|Artificial neuron with 4 inputs.]]


==Behavior==
==Behavior==
Input signals are multiplied by values called ''weights'' producing a new value called ''activation''. After the activation is produced, it gets filtered if the input doesn't exceed a value called '''threshold'''.
Neural processing involves the following operations:
 
a) Synaptic operation. Processes incoming data, considering the strength of each connection (often represented as a value called ''weight'').
 
b) Somatic operation. Provides operations such as thresholding, aggregation, non-linear activation and dynamic processing to the synaptic inputs. Most of these operations are used to implement a threshold effect.


The threshold value can be determined by a step function, a sigmoid and other methods.
==Analogy to biological neurons==
In biological neurons there is a similar behavior. Inputs are electrical pulses transmitted to the [[synapses]] (terminals in the dendrites). Electrical pulses produce a release of [[neurotransmitter|neurotransmitters]] which may alter the dendritic membrane potential (''post-synaptic potential''). The post-synaptic potential travels over the axon, reaching another neuron, which will sum all the post-synaptic potentials received, and fire an output if the total sum of the post-synaptic potentials in the axon hillock received exceeds a threshold.[[Category:Suggestion Bot Tag]]

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Artificial neurons are processing units based on a neural model, often inspired on the biological neurons. The first artificial neuron model was created by McCullough and Pitts, since when newer and more realistic models have appeared.

Artificial neurons can be associated in order to create artificial neural networks, which process the data carried through the neural connections.

Artificial neuron with 4 inputs.

Behavior

Neural processing involves the following operations:

a) Synaptic operation. Processes incoming data, considering the strength of each connection (often represented as a value called weight).

b) Somatic operation. Provides operations such as thresholding, aggregation, non-linear activation and dynamic processing to the synaptic inputs. Most of these operations are used to implement a threshold effect.

Analogy to biological neurons

In biological neurons there is a similar behavior. Inputs are electrical pulses transmitted to the synapses (terminals in the dendrites). Electrical pulses produce a release of neurotransmitters which may alter the dendritic membrane potential (post-synaptic potential). The post-synaptic potential travels over the axon, reaching another neuron, which will sum all the post-synaptic potentials received, and fire an output if the total sum of the post-synaptic potentials in the axon hillock received exceeds a threshold.