Statistics for studying quanta at synapses: Resampling and confidence limits on histograms

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-155

  Van Der Kloot, William ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence limits; Hypothesis testing; Kolomorogov Smirnov statistic; Miniature endplate potential; Quanta; Resampling; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

EID: 0029879566     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(95)00159-X     Document Type: Article

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