Neuronal assemblies: Necessity, signature and detectability

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 252-261

  Singer, Wolf ^a   Engel, Andreas K ^a   Kreiter, Andreas K ^a   Munk, Matthias H J ^a   Neuenschwander, Sergio ^a   Roelfsema, Pieter R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 0000221412     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(97)01079-6     Document Type: Article

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