Is there a neural code?

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 355-370

  Eggermont, Jos J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain as a dynamical system; Brain states; Cardinal cells; Neural assembly; Plasticity; Population coding; Rate coding; State switching; Synchronized EEG; Temporal coding

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; CODING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031949277     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(97)00021-3     Document Type: Article

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