Single neuron's activity: On certain problems of modeling and interpretation

BioSystems

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 65-74

  Giorno, V ^a   Nobile, A G ^a   Ricciardi, L M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffusion processes; First passage time; Ornstein Uhlenbeck process

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CELL ACTIVITY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENSITY; NERVE CELL; PROBABILITY; TIME;

EID: 0031060123     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-2647(96)01631-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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