Neural information is encoded in the patterning of voltage spikes

Evidence

The pathways themselves comprise many neurons, the “wiring system” of the body. Where neurons meet is known as a neural synapse, and typically the output from a single neuron, known as its terminal button, synapses with the inputs, known as dendrites, of many other neurons. Neurons function electrically to send information using voltage pulses, spikes or action potentials of around 0.1 of a volt, and it is the patterning of the spikes that encodes the information being transmitted. — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 566

Categorization

• DEFINE: Basic but clear glossary of synapse, terminal button, dendrites, and action potentials, useful anchor terminology.
• XREF: connects to: Neural signals encode auditory information through spike timing patterns; Pooled neural firing encodes stimulus period as spike intervals. — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1210; Pooled across fibers, spike timing codes the stimulus period as a multiple (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Neural signals encode auditory information through spike timing patterns #exemplifies (0.95)
• Pooled neural firing encodes stimulus period as spike intervals. #exemplifies (0.90) — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1210
• Pooled across fibers, spike timing codes the stimulus period as a multiple #exemplifies (0.90)
• A half-wave-rectified-threshold spike model encodes both envelope and fine structure in one mechanism. #expands (0.85)
• A compound neural response equals single-fiber waveforms convolved with the discharge timing distribution #expands (0.85) — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 2386
• Phase-locked spiketrains integrate both envelope and temporal fine structure cues. #exemplifies (0.85)
• Simulated spike trains encode pitch via envelope-fine-structure interaction periodicities #exemplifies (0.85) — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 4613
• Auditory spiketrain periodicities can encode both envelope and fine structure #exemplifies (0.85) — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 4622
• Correlograms track how spike-interval timing changes across a stimulus #expands (0.80)
• Correlograms track spike-train periodicity over time via sliding windows #expands (0.80)
• Period histograms visualize neural firing synchrony by spike phase #expands (0.80) — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1211