The rate of information transfer of naturalistic stimulation by graded potentials

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-206

  Juusola, Mikko ^a   De Polaviejaz, Gonzalo G ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO NICOLÁS CABRERA   (Spain)

^d Department of Theoty and Histoty   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fly; Neural coding; Neuron; Photoreceptor; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CALLIPHORA VICINIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FLY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE CELL; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; SIMULATION; TIME; VISION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIPTERA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISION;

EID: 0042861670     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200308824     Document Type: Article

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