Topic: Binary Classification

Recent experimental results have found that a cortical neuron typically has multiple synaptic contacts with a given postsynaptic neuron. Here, we refer to such synaptic connections with the same presynaptic axon and the same postsynaptic neuron as parallel synapses. Whether they provide a functional benefit is currently under investigation. To avoid functional redundancy, these parallel synapses must have different computational properties. To model this, we assume that the amount of neurotransmitter released by each synapse can be described by a sigmoidal transmission function of its presynap