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Abstract
A simple encoder model, which is a reasonable idealization from known electrophysiological properties, yields a population in which the variation of the firing rate with time is a perfect replica of the shape of the input stimulus. A population of noise-free encoders which depart even slightly from the simple model yield a very much degraded copy of the input stimulus. The presence of noise improves the performance of such a population. The firing rate of a population of neurons is related to the firing rate of a single member in a subtle way.Mesh:
Year: 1972 PMID: 5025748 PMCID: PMC2203203 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.59.6.734
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Gen Physiol ISSN: 0022-1295 Impact factor: 4.086