Information transmission at 500 bits/s by action potentials in a mechanosensory neuron of the cockroach

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 243, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 113-116

  French, Andrew S ^a   Torkkeli, Päivi H ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action potential encoding; Information capacity; Mechanoreceptor; Sensory neuron

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COCKROACHES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURONS, AFFERENT;

EID: 0031887175     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00110-4     Document Type: Article

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