Relating information capacity to a biophysical model for blowfly photoreceptors

Neurocomputing

Volumn 32-33, Issue , 2000, Pages 9-16

  Abshire, Pamela ^a   Andreou, Andreas G ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bit energy; Blowfly; Channel capacity; Information theory; Photoreceptor

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; CHANNEL CAPACITY; LINEAR SYSTEMS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; VISION;

BIOPHYSICAL MODEL; BLOWFLY PHOTORECEPTOR; CHANNEL NOISE; PHOTON SHOT NOISES;

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; ENERGY; FLY; LINEAR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0033941160     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-2312(00)00138-7     Document Type: Article

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