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Fig. 7 | The Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience

Fig. 7

From: Shifting Spike Times or Adding and Deleting Spikes—How Different Types of Noise Shape Signal Transmission in Neural Populations

Fig. 7

Comparison of the lower bound on the mutual information rate between the AD model (indigo) and the STS model (orange) for for a weak signal with (panel a) and a stronger signal with (panel b). The analytical prediction Eq. (43) (black line) is in good agreement with numerical simulations (colored points). As predicted by our theory, a single neuron transmits the same amount of information in both models. For strong independent noise and a strong sensory signal we observe a slight deviation of the theory from simulation results, as well as slight differences between the two models. These differences are due to nonlinear effects of the independent noise and signal on the time-dependent firing rate. Model and simulation parameters were as in Fig. 6

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