Fly Photoreceptors Demonstrate Energy-Information Trade-Offs in Neural Coding

Jeremy E Niven; John C Anderson; Simon B Laughlin

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050116

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Fly Photoreceptors Demonstrate Energy-Information Trade-Offs in Neural Coding

Jeremy E Niven,

¤ Current address: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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John C Anderson,

Affiliation Biology and Environmental Science, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
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Simon B Laughlin

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: s.laughlin@zoo.cam.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Fly Photoreceptors Demonstrate Energy-Information Trade-Offs in Neural Coding

Jeremy E Niven,
John C Anderson,
Simon B Laughlin

Published: March 20, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050116

About the Authors

Jeremy E Niven

¤ Current address: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

John C Anderson

Affiliation Biology and Environmental Science, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom

Simon B Laughlin

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: s.laughlin@zoo.cam.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

JEN, JCA, and SBL conceived and designed the experiments. JEN and JCA performed the experiments. JEN, JCA, and SBL analysed the data. JCA contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. JEN, JCA, and SBL wrote the paper.

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