What is stochastic resonance? Definitions, misconceptions, debates, and its relevance to biology

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  McDonnell, Mark D ^a   Abbott, Derek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

DETECTION PERFORMANCE; IN-VIVO; NEURAL CODE; PARAMETER RANGE; RANDOM NOISE; SIGNAL TRANSMISSION; SIGNAL'S DETECTIONS; STOCHASTIC RESONANCES; SYSTEM NONLINEARITIES; TRANSMISSION PERFORMANCE;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BIOLOGY; IN VIVO CULTURE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NOISE; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STATISTICS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BRAIN; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BRAIN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROSCIENCES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 67049117862     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000348     Document Type: Review

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