Threshold fatigue and information transfer

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-311

  Chacron, Maurice J ^a   Lindner, Benjamin ^b,c   Longtin, André ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action potential threshold; Information theory; Refractoriness; Variability

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL THRESHOLD; ACTION-POTENTIALS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; IN-VIVO; INFORMATION TRANSFERS; NOISE-SHAPING; REFRACTORINESS; SENSORY INFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSMISSION; VARIABILITY;

INFORMATION THEORY;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NOISE REDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 35248859152     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10827-007-0033-y     Document Type: Article

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