Calibration of an autocorrelation-based method for determining amplitude histogram reliability and quantal size

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 505, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 425-442

  Stratford, K J ^a   Jack, J J B ^a   Larkman, A U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; SYNAPSE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; ARTIFACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RANDOM SAMPLE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUANTUM THEORY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0031450719     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.425bb.x     Document Type: Article

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