Cooperative mechanism for improving the discriminating ability in the chemoreceptor neuron binomial case

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 81, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 469-473

  Vidybida, A K ^a  

^a BOGOLYUBOV INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMORECEPTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYBERNETICS; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTORS; CYBERNETICS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS;

EID: 0033220442     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220050576     Document Type: Article

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