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A note on convolution and stable distributions in the nervous system

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The theoretical significance of the operation of convolution in processing signals in the nervous system is discussed. For a neural chain of perfect-integrator model neurones, information in a spike train is preserved when the p.d.f. is stable under convolution with itself. A hypothesis is proposed that stable interspike interval distributions characterize a simple information transmission pathway, and that non-stable interval distributions suggest more complex information processing functions.

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  1. Department of Physiology, University of Leeds, Leeds, England

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Holden, A.V. A note on convolution and stable distributions in the nervous system. Biol. Cybernetics 20, 171–173 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00342637

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