In vivo conditions induce faithful encoding of stimuli by reducing nonlinear synchronization in vestibular sensory neurons

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Schneider, Adam D ^a   Cullen, Kathleen E ^b   Chacron, Maurice J ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); LOCKS (FASTENERS); NEURONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SIGNAL ENCODING;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION VALUES; CONDITION; CURRENT INJECTIONS; ENCODINGS; FIRING RATES; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; NOISE INTENSITIES; NONLINEAR SYNCHRONIZATION; SENSORY INPUT;

SYNCHRONIZATION;

ARTICLE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; UPREGULATION; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CYTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 79960932489     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002120     Document Type: Article

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