Summary
International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and its Applications
2009
Session Number:A3L-D
Session:
Number:A3L-D2
Signal detection inspired by mouse taste receptor cells
Katsumi Tateno, Jun Igarashi, Kazuki Nakada, Tsutomu Miki, Yoshitaka Ohtubo, Kiyonori Yoshii,
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Publication Date:2009/10/18
Online ISSN:2188-5079
Summary:
The present study shows a chemical sensor network model inspired by mouse taste receptor cells. The sensor array consisted of 10 Type II cell models and a pair of uncoupled Type III cell models. The Type II cell models elicit telegraph signals in response to the taste stimuli. The telegraph signals equally converge on the Type III cell models. The common telegraph signals increased the spiking frequency of the Type III cell models and facilitated spike synchronization. As a result, the taste stimulus is detected as the degree of synchronization and the spiking frequency of the output cells.