Temporal-Code to Rate-Code Conversion by Neuronal Phase-Locked Loops

Neural Computation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 597-650

  Ahissar, Ehud ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032037734     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089976698300017683     Document Type: Article

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