Population vector coding by the giant interneurons of the cockroach

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3822-3829

  Levi, Rafael ^a,b   Camhi, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cockroach; Electrical stimulation; Escape behavior; Giant interneurons; Interneuron; Neural control; Population coding; Population vector

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; GIANT NERVE CELL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNEURON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WIND;

EID: 0034657170     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-10-03822.2000     Document Type: Article

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