Detecting and estimating signals over noisy and unreliable synapses: Information-theoretic analysis

Neural Computation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-33

  Manwani, Amit ^a   Koch, Christof ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; INFORMATION SCIENCE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ARTIFACTS; INFORMATION THEORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035234402     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089976601300014619     Document Type: Review

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