Coding efficiency of fly motion processing is set by firing rate, not firing precision

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 8-

  Spavieri, Deusdedit Lineu ^a   Eichner, Hubert ^a   Borst, Alexander ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); EFFICIENCY;

CODING EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; FIRING PRECISION; FIRING RATES; FLY MOTION; MEAN FIRING RATE; MOTION INFORMATION; MOTION PROCESSING; SENSORY INFORMATION PROCESSING; SYSTEM CHANGE;

LUMINANCE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALLIPHORA VICINA; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLY; FLYING; LUMINANCE; MOTION; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LUMINESCENCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INFORMATION THEORY; LUMINESCENCE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78049290025     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000860     Document Type: Article

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