flâneur

neurobio and vanishing gradients

people.eecs.berkeley.edu · 2,771 words · saved by 1 readers

N/A

102 Jonathan Richard Shewchuk 18 Neurobiology; Faster Neural Network Training NEUROBIOLOGY (cont’d) neurons.pdf – Neuron: A cell in brain/nervous system for thinking/communication – Action potential or spike: An electrochemical impulse fired by a neuron to communicate w/other neurons – Axon: The limb(s) along which the action potential propagates; “output” [Most axons branch out eventually, sometimes profusely near their ends.] [It turns out that…

related reading