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On the stochastic dynamics of neuronal interaction

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The response of many neurons in the nervous system is a nonlinear function of membrane potential. Nevertheless, if the membrane potentials are normally distributed then their covariance satisfies a linear equation. This suggests that information in the nervous system may be processed by correlations between membrane potentials, a hypothesis which is subject to direct experimental test. The acquisition, storage, and retrieval of information in the form of correlations is consistent with present knowledge of human information processing.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA

    T. J. Sejnowski

  2. Dept. of Psychology, Princeton Univerisity, 08540, Princeton, N. J, USA

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Sejnowski, T.J. On the stochastic dynamics of neuronal interaction. Biol. Cybernetics 22, 203–211 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00365086

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