Representational accuracy of stochastic neural populations

Neural Computation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 155-189

  Wilke, Stefan D ^a   Eurich, Christian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0036134418     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089976602753284482     Document Type: Article

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