ABSTRACT This thesis deals with the description, in mathematical terms, of those phenomena occurring when a group of nerve fibres is artificially stimulated by an electric current delivered by an electrode in the biological tissues. The work is divided in four parts. Part I is intended to be introductory and to provide for the reader the basic concepts to understand th...

Alcuni di voi avranno sentito parlare di Reti Neurali Artificiali, Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) in inglese, o Neural Networks tout-court. In una persona che si interessa alle neuroscienze, e quindi ai neuroni “naturali”, l’argomento deve senz’altro suscitare curiosità ed anche, speriamo, una certa perplessità. Tanto più che, come accade per le discipline alla moda (ad es...