Distributed processing in cultured neuronal networks

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 130, Issue , 2001, Pages 49-62

  Potter, Steve M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN SLICE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; IMAGING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMORY; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0035783996     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(01)30005-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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