Temporal coding in an olfactory oscillatory model
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چکیده
We propose a model of the glomerular stage of the insect olfactory pathway that exhibits coding of inputs through spatio}temporal patterns of the type observed experimentally in locust.Making use of the temporal bins provided by the oscillatory "eld potential we "nd that it su$ces to employ simple little-Hop"eld dynamics to account for a rich repertoire of patterns. In particular, we show that we are able to reproduce complex activity patterns from electrophysiological recordings in insects. Biologically plausible mechanisms of synaptic adaptation are discussed. 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Neurocomputing
دوره 38-40 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001