• DocumentCode
    2987675
  • Title

    Information transfer by energy-efficient neurons

  • Author

    Berger, Toby ; Levy, William B.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    June 28 2009-July 3 2009
  • Firstpage
    1584
  • Lastpage
    1588
  • Abstract
    We introduce and analyze a biologically motivated mathematical model of a neuron in primary cortex that we call neuron j, or just j. Our goal is to ascertain how j maximizes the ratio of the information it conveys to the energy it expends.
  • Keywords
    neural nets; energy-efficient neurons; information transfer; mathematical model; neuron model; primary cortex; Chemicals; Dynamic range; Energy efficiency; Information analysis; Mathematical model; Nerve fibers; Neurons; Neurosurgery; Psychology; Time measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Theory, 2009. ISIT 2009. IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Seoul
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4312-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4313-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISIT.2009.5205816
  • Filename
    5205816
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2987675