Cholinergic Control of Information Coding

Abstract

Specific forms of firing rate correlations can limit efficient information coding in neuronal populations. How this is mitigated is an important topic of current research. A novel study shows that increasing cortical acetylcholine (ACh) levels alter specific aspects of the population correlation structure, which in turn improves population-coding abilities.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
ISSN0166-2236
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 09.2017
Externally publishedYes

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PubMed 28693847