Temporal coding as a means of information transfer in the primate visual system

Critical Reviews in Neurobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-101

  Gawne, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Latency; Oscillation; Precision; Synchronous; Synfire; Timing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACTION POTENTIAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CODING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIMATE; REVIEW; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0032956797     PISSN: 08920915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevNeurobiol.v13.i1.40     Document Type: Review

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