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It is suggested that in equations usually used to calculate curves of theoretical distributions of PSP amplitudes in the course of quantum analysis the effect of variations in the quantum values themselves is overestimated and variations in noise level are not taken into account. An equation allowing for both these parameters is suggested. Statistical analysis of "elementary" PSPs of the parietal ganglion ofHelix pomatia and of "minimal" PSPs of hippocampal neurons showed the necessity of allowing for noise variations. By means of the suggested equation theoretical distributions agreeing better with the experimental according to thex 2 criterion can be found and variation in the quantum itself can also be determined indirectly.
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Brain Institute, Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR, Moscow. Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow. Translated from Neirofiziologiya, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 146–50, March–April, 1979.
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Bashkis, A.V., Voronin, L.L., Gusev, L.N. et al. Calculation of theoretical postsynaptic potential amplitude distribution in quantum analysis. Neurophysiology 11, 109–113 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01064517
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01064517