International Business Machines Corporation
Neuron model simulation

Abstract:

One or more embodiments of the present invention include a computer-implemented method for generating neuronal models for personalized drug treatment selection for a patient. The method includes receiving allelic information for at least one neurophysiological coding region of a genome of the patient, and a physiological model of a disease associated with the genome. The method further includes determining a set of ion channels correlated with the allelic information, and receiving a set of phenotypic measurement ranges associated with the ion channels from the determined set. The method further includes performing a simulation to generate multiple neuronal models comprising the set of ion channels with parameter values within the corresponding phenotypic measurement ranges, and analyzing the generated neuronal models to identify components that affect the physiological model. The method further includes selecting a drug for the patient based at least in part on the identified components.