Title :
Comments on "Distortion Suppression in Neuromuscular Information Transmission Due to Interchannel Dispersion in Muscle Spindle Firing Thresholds"
Author :
Fretz, Robert J.
Author_Institution :
3M Company
Abstract :
The variation in firing thresholds among neurons operating in parallel can serve to dramatically reduce signal distortion. However, the amount of variation required for significant distortion suppression is less than that previously reported by Milgram and Inbar.
Keywords :
Distortion; Fires; Muscles; Nerve fibers; Neuromuscular; Neurons; Pulse shaping methods; Shape; Voltage; Action Potentials; Humans; Models, Neurological; Motor Neurons; Muscle Spindles; Neural Conduction; Synaptic Transmission;
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TBME.1979.326463
