Conference paper, 2005
How Can An Olfactory System Deal With Fluctuations At Different Scales?
Liljenström Hans, Gu YuqiaoAbstract
Neural systems have to function efficiently in the presence of noise, which occurs at all levels of neural information processing. We use a computational model of the insect olfactory system in order to investigate how this system can deal with external and internal noise. We compare our results with previous models of the mammalian olfactory system. We address questions, such as, how can the system suppress noise, or maybe even make use of it? Could noise-induced oscillations and stochastic resonance also exist in the insect olfactory system? Our simulation results indicate a positive role for noise also in the insect olfactory system, but many questions are still openPublished in
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
Conference
4th International Conference on Unsolved Problems of Noise and Fluctuations in Physics, Biology and High TechnologyAuthors' information
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Energy and Technology
Gu, Yuqiao
UKÄ Subject classification
Horticulture
Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use
URI (permanent link to this page)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/7706