Information-Theoretical Analysis of Sensory Information

It is clear that, in order to survive, organisms must exchange information between the body and its environment as well as between different body parts. They do so via various systems employing different means, one being the nervous system. At the nervous system’s periphery, sensory neurons transduce a physico-chemical analog signal into a train of discrete action potentials (spike trains), which can be transmitted over long distances. A similar process also occurs within the central nervous system as most neurons need to transduce their synaptic potentials, i.e., analog signals, into spike trains.

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