INFORMATION-TRANSMISSION AND TEMPORAL CODE IN CENTRAL SPIKING NEURONS

Authors
DECO G SCHURMANN B
Citation
G. Deco et B. Schurmann, INFORMATION-TRANSMISSION AND TEMPORAL CODE IN CENTRAL SPIKING NEURONS, Physical review letters, 79(23), 1997, pp. 4697-4700
Citations number
14
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
79
Issue
23
Year of publication
1997
Pages
4697 - 4700
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1997)79:23<4697:IATCIC>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The brain encodes information in the intervals between the spikes whic h characterize neural firing events. Therefore it is relevant to study , in a timing code, how many spikes are necessary for reliably encodin g input signals. We analyze the transmission of information, the relia bility of signal detection, and the coding strategy for the case of ce ntral spiking neurons.