The maximum likelihood approach to the identification of neuronal firing systems

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 3-16

  Brillinger, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal connections; Maximum likelihood; Model fitting; Neuronal firing; Neuronal networks; Parameter estimation; Point process; Quadratic kernel; Spike trains; System identification; Threshold element

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND CYBERNETICS - NEURAL NETS;

CAUSAL CONNECTION; GLIM PROGRAM; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; NEURONAL FIRING; THRESHOLD ELEMENT; WIENER KERNEL;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

HUMAN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL FIRING FREQUENCY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0023926904     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02367377     Document Type: Article

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