Multiple-channel fractal information coding of mammalian nerve signals.

As an average of minimal 3 to maximal 30 single auditory-nerve fibers converge in the auditory pathway, the fractal geometry of their signals is transformed to a different fractal geometry such that small variations of the primary discharge patterns correspond to large variations of the combined signal. The addition of white noise does not affect the fractal signal structure. The quality of the transsynaptic information transfer depends on the relation between the number of the convergent spike trains and the individual fractal geometries of the convergent spike trains. (C) 1994 Academic Press, Inc.