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Temperature Effects on Information Capacity and Energy Efficiency of Hodgkin–Huxley Neuron |
| WANG Long-Fei1, JIA Fei2, LIU Xiao-Zhi2, SONG Ya-Lei3, YU Lian-Chun1** |
1Institute of Theoretical Physics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000
2Cuiying Honors College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000
3Institute of Computational Physics and Complex Systems, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000
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WANG Long-Fei, JIA Fei, LIU Xiao-Zhi et al 2015 Chin. Phys. Lett. 32 108701 |
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Abstract Recent experimental and theoretical studies show that energy efficiency, which measures the amount of information processed by a neuron with per unit of energy consumption, plays an important role in the evolution of neural systems. Here we calculate the information rates and energy efficiencies of the Hodgkin–Huxley (HH) neuron model at different temperatures in a noisy environment. It is found that both the information rate and energy efficiency are maximized by certain temperatures. Though the information rate and energy efficiency cannot be maximized simultaneously, the neuron holds a high information processing capacity at the temperature corresponding to the maximal energy efficiency. Our results support the idea that the energy efficiency is a selective pressure that influences the evolution of nervous systems.
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Received: 19 July 2015
Published: 30 October 2015
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