Maximization of learning speed in the motor cortex due to neuronal redundancy

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Takiyama, Ken ^a   Okada, Masato ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; MUSCLE; NEURAL NETWORK MODELS; NEURONS;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; IMPEDANCE CONTROL; LEARNING SPEED; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR LEARNING; MOTOR-CORTEX; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; NEURAL ACTIVATION; NEURAL NETWORK MODEL; POSTURE CONTROL;

REDUNDANCY;

ARTICLE; LEARNING; LEARNING SPEED; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEURONAL REDUNDANCY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

LEARNING; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS;

EID: 84857462336     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002348     Document Type: Article

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