Quality coding by neural populations in the early olfactory pathway: Analysis using information theory and lessons for artificial olfactory systems

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Fonollosa, Jordi ^a,b   Gutierrez Galvez, Agustin ^a,b   Marco, Santiago ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE FOR BIOENGINEERING OF CATALONIA IBEC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; INFORMATION SCIENCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; INFORMATION THEORY; NEURONS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS;

EID: 84862491605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037809     Document Type: Article

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