Efficient computation via sparse coding in electrosensory neural networks

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 752-760

  Chacron, Maurice J ^a   Longtin, André ^a,b   Maler, Leonard ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; ELECTRORECEPTOR; ELECTROSENSORY SYSTEM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MAMMAL; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TACTILE STIMULATION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SENSATION;

EID: 82855178824     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2011.05.016     Document Type: Review

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