A Neural Model of Descending Gain Control in the Electrosensory System
Abstract
In the electrosensory system of weakly electric fish, descending pathways to a first-order sensory nucleus have been shown to influ(cid:173) ence the gain of its output neurons. The underlying neural mecha(cid:173) nisms that subserve this descending gain control capability are not yet fully understood. We suggest that one possible gain control mechanism could involve the regulation of total membrane conduc(cid:173) tance of the output neurons. In this paper, a neural model based on this idea is used to demonstrate how activity levels on descend(cid:173) ing pathways could control both the gain and baseline excitation of a target neuron .
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Nelson. "A Neural Model of Descending Gain Control in the Electrosensory System." Neural Information Processing Systems, 1992.Markdown
[Nelson. "A Neural Model of Descending Gain Control in the Electrosensory System." Neural Information Processing Systems, 1992.](https://mlanthology.org/neurips/1992/nelson1992neurips-neural/)BibTeX
@inproceedings{nelson1992neurips-neural,
title = {{A Neural Model of Descending Gain Control in the Electrosensory System}},
author = {Nelson, Mark E.},
booktitle = {Neural Information Processing Systems},
year = {1992},
pages = {921-928},
url = {https://mlanthology.org/neurips/1992/nelson1992neurips-neural/}
}