The Effects of Pair-wise and Higher-order Correlations on the Firing Rate of a Postsynaptic Neuron

摘要

Coincident firing of neurons projecting to a common target cell is likely to raise the probability of firing of this postsynaptic cell. Therefore, syn- chronized firing constitutes a significant event for postsynaptic neurons and is likely to play a role in neuronal information processing. Physiolog- ical data on synchronized firing in cortical networks are based primarily on paired recordings and cross-correlation analysis.