Optimal synchrony state for maximal information transmission

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1605-1610

  Yu, Yuguo ^a   Liu, Feng ^b   Wang, Wei ^b   Tai, Sing Lee ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coding efficiency; Information transmission; Stochastic resonance; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; PROBABILITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 3242754423     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000134993.81804.22     Document Type: Article

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