Using response models to estimate channel capacity for neuronal classification of stationary visual stimuli using temporal coding

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2861-2875

  Wiener, Matthew C ^a   Richmond, Barry J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODEL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0033371594     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.6.2861     Document Type: Article

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