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Neurons are often viewed as biological filters that convert input signals to output signals. This perspective allows specific neural systems to be studied in isolation. For example, one may study sensory areas by assuming that they process and relay information from the sensory periphery to higher brain areas.
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Coombes, S., Wedgwood, K.C.A. (2023). Response properties of single neurons. In: Neurodynamics. Texts in Applied Mathematics, vol 75. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21916-0_5
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