U.S.-Germany Cooperative Research: Stochastic Resonance and Synchronization in Oscillating Neurons

该奖项支持David Russell、Alexander Neimann和密苏里大学圣路易斯分校的一名学生与德国柏林洪堡大学物理系的Lutz Schimansky-Geier合作。这个国际项目的目的是了解桨鱼电感觉系统中噪声增强信息编码的机制。这条鱼代表了一种经过6500万年进化的自然设计的被动雷达系统。成千上万的电感受器聚集在白鲟细长的喙状体上，在浮游生物的进食中起着天线的作用。电生理实验和以往行为实验的结果将为电感觉系统的模型和参数提供信息。该合作将结合德国小组对随机共振的理论建模和美国实验室对理论预测的实验研究和测试。工作计划规定博士后参加国际旅行和研究。

0128974RussellThis award supports David Russell, Alexander Neimann and a student from the University of Missouri-Saint Louis in a collaboration with Lutz Schimansky-Geier of the Department of Physics at the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. The aim of the international project is to understand the mechanisms of noise-enhanced information encoding in the electrosensory system of paddle fish. The fish represents a naturally designed passive radar system with 65 million years of evolution. Tens of thousands of electrorecptors are populated on the elongated rostrum of paddlefish, which acts as a an antenna in plankton feeding. Electrophysiological experiments and the results of previous behavioral experiments will provide information for models and parameters of the electrosensory system. The collaboration will combine the theoretical modeling of stochastic resonance by the German group and experimental study and testing of the theoretical predictions in the US laboratory. The work plan provides for participation by postdoctoral students in the international travel and research.