From 7a6e7b9b8a3f9ee0d9558b761bed25f0295fa0e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Grewe Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 09:37:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] [projects] fixed text bugs in adaptation project --- projects/project_adaptation_fit/adaptation_fit.tex | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/projects/project_adaptation_fit/adaptation_fit.tex b/projects/project_adaptation_fit/adaptation_fit.tex index 7b97402..48d1bfd 100644 --- a/projects/project_adaptation_fit/adaptation_fit.tex +++ b/projects/project_adaptation_fit/adaptation_fit.tex @@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ \end{center} %%%%%%%%%%%%%% Questions %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -\section*{Estimating the time-constant of adaptation.} -Stimulating a neuron with a constant stimulus for an extended time +\section*{Estimating the adaptation time-constant.} +Stimulating a neuron with a constant stimulus for an extended period of time often leads to a strong initial response that relaxes over time. This process is called adaptation and is ubiquitous. Your task here is to estimate the time-constant of the firing-rate adaptation in P-unit @@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ electroreceptors of the weakly electric fish \textit{Apteronotus \begin{questions} \question In the accompanying datasets you find the \textit{spike\_times} of an P-unit electrorecptor to a stimulus of a - certain intensity, i.e. the \textit{contrast}. The contrast is also - part of the file name itself. + certain intensity, i.e. the \textit{contrast} which is also stored + in the file. \begin{parts} \part Estimate for each stimulus intensity the PSTH and plot it. You will see that there are three parts. (i)