Energy efficient sparse connectivity from imbalanced synaptic plasticity rules

It is believed that energy efficiency is an important constraint in brain evolution. As synaptic transmission dominates energy consumption, energy can be saved by ensuring that only a few synapses are active. It is therefore likely that the formation of sparse codes and sparse connectivity are funda...

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Main Authors: Sacramento, João, Wichert, Andreas, van Rossum, Mark C.W.
Format: Article
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49632/