DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3874-10.2010. Gating of Signal Propagation in Spiking Neural Networks by Balanced and Correlated Excitation and Inhibition

Gating of Signal Propagation in Spiking Neural Networks by Balanced and Correlated Excitation and Inhibition

10.1523/jneurosci.3874-10.2010

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Society for Neuroscience

The Journal of Neuroscience (393)

Abstract

Both ongoing and natural stimulus driven neuronal activity are dominated by transients. Selective gating of these transients is mandatory for proper brain function and may, in fact, form the basis of millisecond-fast decision making and action selection. Here we propose that neuronal networks may exploit timing differences between correlated excitation and inhibition (temporal gating) to control the propagation of spiking activity transients. When combined with excitation–inhibition balance, temporal gating constitutes a powerful mechanism to control the propagation of mixtures of transient and tonic neural activity components.

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Kremkow, J., Aertsen, A., & Kumar, A. (2010). Gating of Signal Propagation in Spiking Neural Networks by Balanced and Correlated Excitation and Inhibition. The Journal of Neuroscience, 30(47), 15760â15768.

Authors 3

Jens Kremkow (first)
Ad Aertsen (additional)
Arvind Kumar (additional)

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Created	14 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 24, 2010, 12:43 p.m.)
Deposited	2 years, 4 months ago (April 13, 2023, 4:12 p.m.)
Indexed	3 days, 10 hours ago (Aug. 30, 2025, 12:24 p.m.)
Issued	14 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 24, 2010)
Published	14 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 24, 2010)
Published Online	14 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 24, 2010)
Published Print	14 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 24, 2010)

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