Neural dynamics in a model of the thalamocortical system. II. The role of neural synchrony tested through perturbations of spike timing

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 228-236

  Lumer, Erik D ^a   Edelman, Gerald M ^a   Tononi, Giulio ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030998544     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/7.3.228     Document Type: Article

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