A NETWORK MODEL OF CATECHOLAMINE EFFECTS - GAIN, SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO, AND BEHAVIOR
A NETWORK MODEL OF CATECHOLAMINE EFFECTS - GAIN, SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO, AND BEHAVIOR
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DOI:
10.1126/science.2392679
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发表时间:
1990-08-24
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影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
COHEN, JD
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作者:
SERVANSCHREIBER, D;PRINTZ, H;COHEN, JD
At the level of individual neurons, catecholamine release increases the responsivity of cells to excitatory and inhibitory inputs. A model of catecholamine effects in a network of neural-like elements is presented, which shows that (i) changes in the responsivity of individual elements do not affect their ability to detect a signal and ignore noise but (ii) the same changes in cell responsivity in a network of such elements do improve the signal detection performance of the network as a whole. The second result is used in a computer stimulation based on principles of parallel distributed processing to account for the effect of central nervous system stimulants on the signal detection performance of human subjects.