Sensory processing and the network mechanisms for reading neuronal population codes

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 373-378

  Lewis, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decoding; Directed behaviors; Neuronal representation; Population vector; Sensorimotor processing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; LEECH; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; LEECHES; NERVE NET; NEURONS; SENSATION;

ANIMALIA; HIRUDINIDA; HIRUDO MEDICINALIS; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033213429     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050397     Document Type: Review

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