Spike-based synaptic plasticity and the emergence of direction selective simple cells: Mathematical analysis

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-138

  Senn, W ^a   Buchs, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dependent synaptic plasticity; Direction selectivity; Phase advance; Short term synaptic depression; Simple cell; Spike timing

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; TIMING CIRCUITS;

DEPENDENT SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY; DIRECTION SELECTIVITY; PHASE ADVANCE; RECEPTIVE FIELDS; SHORT-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; SIMPLE CELL; SPIKE TIMING; SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY; TEMPORAL PHASE;

CELLS;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CELL STIMULATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GRATING; IN VIVO STUDY; LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RECORDING; SPIKE; STIMULUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; TUNING CURVE;

EID: 0037333843     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021935100586     Document Type: Article

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