Theory of monosynaptic transfer between neuron populations

✍ Scribed by Ronald J. Macgregor; Teresa McMullen

• Book ID: 102774845
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1977
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 890 KB
• Volume: 22
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 8756-6079
• DOI: 10.1002/bs.3830220307

✦ Synopsis

This paper presents a theory for the input-output transformation involved in diffuse monosynaptic activation in a neural tissue or organ system of one population of neurons by another. Main findings are: (1) highly diffuse monosynaptic linkages act very much like filters, selectively sensitive to synchronized clusters of action potentials among the fibers of the input population; (2) partially diffuse monosynaptic linkages are capable of effecting either an amplification or diminution of the number of pulses involved in a single synchronized cluster, depending on parameters of the system; and (3) partially diffuse and spatially organized monosynaptic linkages are capable of effecting a spatial inversion of fine-grained spatial patterns. Theoretical predictions are clarified by mathematical analysis and computer simulation.

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