Signal propagation and logic gating in networks of integrate-and-fire neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 46, 2005, Pages 10786-10795

  Vogels, Tim P ^a   Abbott, L F ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrate and fire neurons; Logic gates; Network models; Propagation; Rate coding; Sensory processing; Synfire chains

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; COGNITION; MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIKE; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ION CHANNEL GATING; LOGIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 28044448948     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3508-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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