Summary: Modeling synaptic transmission and quantifying
information transfer in the granular layer
of the cerebellum
Egidio D'Angelo1,2
, Thierry Nieus1
, Michele Bezzi3
,
Angelo Arleo3
, and Olivier J.-M.D. Coenen3
1
Dept. of Cellular-Molecular Physiological and Pharmacological Sciences,
Univ. of Pavia, and INFM, Via Forlanini 6, I-27100, Pavia, Italy
2
Dept. of Functional and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of Parma,
Parco Area delle Scienze 11a, I-34100, Parma, Italy
3
Neuroscience Group, Sony CSL, 6 rue Amyot, 75005 Paris, France
Abstract. Neurons communicate through spikes; their arrangement in
different sequences generates the neural code. Spikes are transmitted be-
tween neurons via synapses; the mechanism underlying synaptic trans-

Source: Arleo, Angelo - Laboratory of Neurobiology of Adaptive Processes, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Paris 6

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