Spike train encoding by regular-spiking cells of the visual cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 3425-3441

  Carandini, Matteo ^a,b   Mechler, Ferenc ^a   Leonard, Christopher S ^a   Movshon, J Anthony ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GUINEA PIG; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0029959848     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.5.3425     Document Type: Article

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