Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Keywords
information, neural population, redundancy, frequency analysis
Abstract
Recent technological advances have made the simultaneous recording of the activity of many neurons common. However, estimating the amount of information conveyed by the discharge of a neural population remains a significant challenge. Here we describe our recently published analysis method that assists in such estimates. We describe the key concepts and assumptions on which the method is based, illustrate its use with data from both simulated and real neurons recorded from the lateral geniculate nucleus of a monkey, and show how it can be used to calculate redundancy and synergy among neuronal groups.
Publisher
Frontiers Media S. A.
RU Laboratory
Knight Laboratory
Permanent URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10209/550
Recommended Citation
Crumiller, M., Knight, B., Yu, Y., and Kaplan, E. (2011) Estimating the Amount of Information Conveyed by a Population of Neurons. Front. Neurosci. 5 (90), 1-11. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2011.00090
Comments
Posted with permission. Copyright (2011) Frontiers Media S. A.