Energy as a constraint on the coding and processing of sensory information

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 475-480

  Laughlin, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AXOPLASM FLOW; BRAIN; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CODING; DENDRITE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EVOLUTION; INFORMATION; MAMMAL; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; METABOLIC RATE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA; REVIEW; SENSE ORGANS AND SENSORY SYSTEMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0035424930     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(00)00237-3     Document Type: Review

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