title: Estimating the amount of information conveyed by a population of neurons.
abstract: Recent technological advances have made the simultaneous recording of the activity of many neurons common. However, estimating the amount of information conveyed by the discharge of a neural population remains a significant challenge. Here we describe our recently published analysis method that assists in such estimates. We describe the key concepts and assumptions on which the method is based, illustrate its use with data from both simulated and real neurons recorded from the lateral geniculate nucleus of a monkey, and show how it can be used to calculate redundancy and synergy among neuronal groups.
authors.affiliation: The Fishberg Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Marshall
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crumiller
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: Yunguo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Ehud
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaplan