Physics – Condensed Matter – Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Scientific paper
2001-12-20
Physical Review E, 65, 060901 (2002)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
4 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.65.060901
Sensory arrays made of coupled excitable elements can improve both their input sensitivity and dynamic range due to collective non-linear wave properties. This mechanism is studied in a neural network of electrically coupled (e.g. via gap junctions) elements subject to a Poisson signal process. The network response interpolates between a Weber-Fechner logarithmic law and a Stevens power law depending on the relative refractory period of the cell. Therefore, these non-linear transformations of the input level could be performed in the sensory periphery simply due to a basic property: the transfer function of excitable media.
Copelli Mauro
Kinouchi Osame
Oliveira Rodrigo F.
Roque Antonio C.
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