Neural architecture of the electrosensory lateral line lobe: Adaptations for coincidence detection, a sensory searchlight and frequency-dependent adaptive filtering

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1243-1253

  Berman, Neil J ^a   Maler, Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive filtering; Attention; Coincidence detection; Descending feedback; Electrosensory lateral line lobe; Neural architecture; Signal filter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033054912     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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