BIOL 306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Drawing Pin, Electrical Synapse, Strobe Light
15 Jan 2018
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Biol 306: neural basis of behavior: population coding. Motor control of reaching movements in primates. Encoding: conversion of information into another representation. Decoding: conversion of encoded information into a form understandable by the receiver. Both encoding and decoding are necessary for transmission of different information. Neural code is an example of coding all kinds of environmental stimuli are transduced into signals by the nervous system and decoded in the brain. Being able to decipher neural code would help us understand how the nervous system & brain function, understand why it malfunctions and solutions for malfunctioning, e. g. cochlear implants or robotic limbs. E. g. stimulating a mouse with light while recording visual area of the brain neurons convey stimulus information through action potentials/neural activity. Pattern of response changes when presented with the same stimulus average pattern of the traces can be plotted and used to understand what information is being encoded by the neuron.
