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Statistical mechanics of neocortical interactions - Dynamics of synaptic modificationA recent study has demonstrated that several scales of neocortical interactions can be consistently analyzed with the use of methods of modern nonlinear nonequilibrium statistical mechanics. The formation, stability, and interaction of spatial-temporal patterns of columnar firings are explicitly calculated, to test hypothesized mechanisms relating to information processing. In this context, most probable patterns of columnar firings are associated with chemical and electrical synaptic modifications. It is stressed that synaptic modifications and shifts in most-probable firing patterns are highly nonlinear and interactive sets of phenomena. A detailed scenario of information processing is calculated of columnar coding of external stimuli, short-term storage via hysteresis, and long-term storage via synaptic modification.
Document ID
19830059196
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Ingber, L.
(California, University Solana Beach; California, University, La Jolla, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1983
Publication Information
Publication: Physical Review A - General Physics, 3rd Series
Volume: 28
ISSN: 0556-2791
Subject Category
Thermodynamics And Statistical Physics
Accession Number
83A40414
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSG-1323
CONTRACT_GRANT: E(11-1)-3070
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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