Quantifying information and performance for flash detection in the blowfly photoreceptor

Neural Networks

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 479-487

  Xu, Peng ^a   Abshire, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysical model; Blowfly photoreceptor; Fisher information; Flash detection; Ideal observer analysis; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

FISHER INFORMATION; FLASH DETECTION; IDEAL OBSERVER ANALYSIS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PHOTORHODOPSIN; RHODOPSIN;

BIOPHYSICS; BLOWFLY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTICS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PUPIL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISION; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; IMPEDANCE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INSECT; METABOLISM; PHOTON; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; INFORMATION THEORY; INSECTS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTONS; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PUPIL; RHODOPSIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 27744533428     PISSN: 08936080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2005.06.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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