Neurons and Communication
Peter explains how neurons impose informational constraints on their inputs, rewiring each other's criteria for firing and changing their own response criteria. He uses the analogy of the yang and yin of causation to illustrate the importance of both energy passing through the system and the filtering of that energy. Understanding the neural code involves both action potentials and rapid synaptic reweighting, resulting in a criteria-based neural code.In this clip
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Can I say a neuron is either active or inactive? And when we change a behavior or something about ourselves, are the neurons that are active now different from the ones that used to be activated in the old behavior?
Doesn't that mean that it is the other way around: that electrical activity influences other neurons through neurotransmitters?
How can I think of neurons in a very simple way when considering how the nervous system works and changes?