Abstract from:
Chance, F.S. & Reyes A.D. Controlling Neuronal Sensitivity
to Synchronous Input. (2004) Neurocomputing 58-60: 27-31.
Neurons in vivo are continuously bombarded by synaptic input—so
how can they detect particular inputs against this background of synaptic
activity? We study how modulating background synaptic input can change
neuronal sensitivity to a subset of synchronized inputs. We find that
changes in net excitation or inhibition vary both the probability of detecting
synchronous input and also the probability of a false-positive response.
Varying the level of background input can modulate probability of synchrony
detection independently of false-positive probability.
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