GABAergic excitation of spider mechanoreceptors increases information capacity by increasing entropy rather than decreasing jitter

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 35, 2009, Pages 10989-10994

  Pfeiffer, Keram ^a   French, Andrew S ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ENTROPY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPIDER;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ENTROPY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MECHANORECEPTORS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SPIDERS;

EID: 69749112683     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2744-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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