… the gain control provided by synaptic depression, we constructed a model integrate-and-fire
neuron (10) with half its synapses … 2A) show the equalizing effects of synaptic depression. …

… data (Abbott et al., 1997; Varela et al., 1997). Although a number of mechanisms may
contribute to temporal nonlinearities in cortical responses, we focus rather exclusively on synaptic …

… Synaptic depression acting in this manner may contribute to … by masking stimuli 67,68
in primary visual cortex. … Synaptic depression may also have an important role in sound …

… that the cortical gain control provided by synaptic depression is … characteristics of synapses
exhibiting depression may serve … selectivity seen in neurons of the primary visual cortex. …

… (1997). Acoustical information processing in the auditory thalamus and cerebral cortex. In
Ehret, G. and Romand, R., editors, The Central Auditory System chapter 5, pages 317–397. …

… is mediated by synapses with short-term depression (STD), neuronal gain is controlled by
an … /frequency; 40–800 Hz), but at cortical synapses where STD occurs at lower frequencies …

… We propose that the synapse specificity of synaptic depression underlies stimulus-specific
adaptation in the primary visual cortex. For stimulus-specific adaptation to occur with this …

… Synaptic depression is a form of short-term synaptic plasticity that seems to be a widespread
feature of cortical synaptic transmission 34 , which has significant functional implications for …

… synapse constructed to match data on synaptic depression in slice preparations from various
brain regions (Abbott et al., 1997; Hjelmstad et al., 1997… surface of the striate cortex. A small …

… Synaptic depression modeled after that seen in cortical slices removes correlations from
realistic spike sequences. If not removed, such correlations can lead to inefficient and …