Efficiency of neural transmission as a function of synaptic noise, threshold, and source characteristics

BioSystems

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-72

  Paprocki, Bartosz ^a   Szczepanski, Janusz ^a,b  

^a KAZIMIERZ WIELKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Activation threshold; Entropy; Estimators; Mutual information; Neural network; Neuron; Neuronal computation; Quantal failure

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY INDEX; ENTROPY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGY;

ACTIVATION THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NERVE CELL CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NOISE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79957863206     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: 18728324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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