Transmission of Noise Coded versus Additive Signals through a Neuronal Ensemble

Benjamin Lindner and Lutz Schimansky-Geier
Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 2934 – Published 2 April 2001
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Abstract

Neuronal populations receive signals through temporally inhomogeneous spike trains which can be approximated by an input consisting of a time dependent mean value (additive signal) and noise with a time dependent intensity (noise coded signal). We compare the linear response of an ensemble of model neurons to these signals. Our analytical solution for the mean activity demonstrates the high efficiency of the transmission of a noise coded signal in a broad frequency band. For both kinds of signal we show that the transmission by the ensemble reveals stochastic resonance as well as a nonmonotonous dependence on the driving frequency.

  • Received 25 August 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.2934

©2001 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Benjamin Lindner and Lutz Schimansky-Geier

  • Institute of Physics, Humboldt-University at Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 110, D-10115 Berlin, Germany

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Vol. 86, Iss. 14 — 2 April 2001

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