The significance of neural ensemble codes during behavior and cognition

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue , 1997, Pages 217-244

  Deadwyler, Sam A ^a   Hampson, Robert E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral relevance; ensemble codes; hippocampus; information processing; multineuron recording

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; COGNITION; NEURONS;

EID: 0031059361     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.20.1.217     Document Type: Review

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