Nonrenewal statistics of electrosensory afferent spike trains: Implications for the detection of weak sensory signals

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 6672-6683

  Ratnam, Rama ^a,b   Nelson, Mark E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrolocation; Electrosensory afferent; Interspike interval analysis; Markov process; Spike train variability; Weak signal detection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 0034281376     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-17-06672.2000     Document Type: Article

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