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We study the transmission of excitatory synaptic inputs by a network of interneurons, coupled by electrical and inhibitory synapses, in the cases in which the network consists of three and four coupled units. It is shown that in both cases the network behaves as a coincidence detector.
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Di Garbo, A., Barbi, M., Chillemi, S. (2007). Coincidence Detector Properties of Small Networks of Interneurons. In: Mele, F., Ramella, G., Santillo, S., Ventriglia, F. (eds) Advances in Brain, Vision, and Artificial Intelligence. BVAI 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4729. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75555-5_39
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