A statistical method for correcting distortions of amplitude distribution histograms due to collisions of synaptic events

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 83-99

  Ankri, Norbert ^a   Korn, Henri ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Collisions; Deconvolution; Signal analysis; Simulated spontaneous activity; Successive approximations; Synaptic noise

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HISTOGRAM; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THEORY; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GOLDFISH; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032887517     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(99)00078-3     Document Type: Article

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