An Apical Depolarization for Numenta: How to Generate the Allocentric Location Signal

[jakebruce]

@Casey

I’ve only heard of synaptic facilitation, which doesn’t depend on whether or not the postsynaptic cell fires. Instead, whenever the synapse sends a signal, it is temporarily weakened. This means that repetitive inputs still cause a weakening signal even if the cell never fired.

Not to rat-hole too much on this issue, but once again, would this not be synaptic depression? My understanding of the terms (as well as the colloquial meaning of the words) makes me think that facilitation would indicate increasing strength, as the effect facilitates the faster production of spikes.