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Two layers of neural variability

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Variability in neuronal firing rates and spike timing can be modeled as doubly stochastic. A study now suggests that these phenomena could arise from a network built of deterministic neurons with balanced excitation and inhibition.

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Figure 1: Schematic showing a typical presentation of extracellularly recorded data.

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  1. M.M. Churchland is in the Department of Neuroscience, Grossman Center for the Statistics of Mind, David Mahoney Center for Brain and Behavior Research, Kavli Institute for Brain Science, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.,

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  2. L.F. Abbott is in the Departments of Neuroscience and Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.,

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