Patterns in the brain: Neuronal population coding in the somatosensory system

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 187-201

  Doetsch, Gernot S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Across neuron response patterns; Cerebral cortex; Plasticity; Population responses; Primary afferent fibers; Review; Sensory coding; Somatosensory system

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CELL; CODING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; PATTERN STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STIMULUS; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASTE;

EID: 0034176095     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00201-8     Document Type: Article

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