Like a biological neuron, IBM's artificial neuron has inputs (dendrites), a neuronal membrane (lipid bilayer) around the spike generator (soma, nucleus), and an output (axon).

Yet they are particularly energy-intensive and inefficient compared to what nature does, leading some scientists to believe that a neuron might actually have more tricks up its sleeve.

Online evolution of the neuron activation meme. Although the exact paper that the diagram comes from is unknown, it’s presumed to have been published prior to 2016.

Researchers have developed a “laser-powered artificial neuron,” which is like a supercharged version of a biological neuron. This chip-based laser neuron mimics how human neurons work, but it ...

The latest estimates suggest that the human brain has 88 billion neurons (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2023, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2303077120).As each neuron can make many synaptic connections ...

Cerebellar granule cell and its response to a pair of 50-Hz stimuli. (A) Biological neuron. (B) Computational model used for simulation. (C) Simulated neuron. (D) Electronic neuron. The biological ...

(See diagram.) “Our ultimate goal is really to design electronics which look like neurons and act like neurons,” Santoro says. The biological neuron releases dopamine (red balls) at its ...

An electrode attached to the neuron verifies that it activates when conditions are correct, which it successfully does. Two-photon excitation microscopy image of a neuron used in the study. The ...

The more dopamine the cells produce, the more the electrical state of the artificial neuron changes, just as you might see with two biological neurons. (See diagram.) “Our ultimate goal is really to ...