Extraction of temporal features in the electrosensory system of weakly electric fish

  • Fabrizio Gabbiani
  • , Walter Metzner
  • , Ralf Wessel
  • , Christof Koch

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Abstract

The encoding of random time-varying stimuli in single spike trains of electrosensory neurons in the weakly electric fish Eigenmannia was investigated using methods of statistical signal processing. At the first stage of the electrosensory system, spike trains were found to encode faithfully the detailed time-course of random stimuli, while at the second stage neurons responded specifically to features in the temporal waveform of the stimulus. Therefore stimulus information is processed at the second stage of the electrosensory system by extracting temporal features from the faithfully preserved image of the environment sampled at the first stage.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Neural Information Processing Systems 9 - Proceedings of the 1996 Conference, NIPS 1996
PublisherNeural information processing systems foundation
Pages62-68
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)0262100657, 9780262100656
StatePublished - 1997
Event10th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, NIPS 1996 - Denver, CO, United States
Duration: Dec 2 1996Dec 5 1996

Publication series

NameAdvances in Neural Information Processing Systems
ISSN (Print)1049-5258

Conference

Conference10th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, NIPS 1996
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDenver, CO
Period12/2/9612/5/96

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