Dynamics of encoding in neuron populations: Some general mathematical features

Neural Computation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 473-518

  Knight, Bruce W ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN CORTEX; CYTOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MATHEMATICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS;

EID: 0034153464     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089976600300015673     Document Type: Article

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