Influence of subthreshold nonlinearities on signal-to-noise ratio and timing precision for small signals in neurons: Minimal model analysis

Network: Computation in Neural Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 137-150

  Svirskis, Gytis ^a,b   Rinzel, John ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0346914339     PISSN: 0954898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0954-898X/14/1/308     Document Type: Conference Paper

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