Computing with Neural Synchrony
Figure 8
Synchrony receptive fields in an olfactory model.
Top, An odor is presented with fluctuating concentration c(t). Receptor coverage is the affinity of the receptor type (type 1 for neuron C, type 2 for neurons A and B) times the concentration: a.c(t). The peak transduction current (middle) is a Hill function of receptor coverage, with different half-activation coverage for different neurons (inverse of global sensitivity). Neurons fire in synchrony to an odor when the product of odor affinity and global sensitivity match. This occurs for neurons B and C (black traces), but not for neurons A and C (dashed red trace).