Stochastic nature of precisely timed spike patterns in visual system neuronal responses

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3021-3033

  Oram, M W ^a,c   Wiener, M C ^a   Lestienne, R ^b   Richmond, B J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SPIKE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0033020751     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.6.3021     Document Type: Article

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