Unitary events in multiple single-neuron spiking activity: I. Detection and significance

Neural Computation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-80

  Grün, Sonja ^a   Diesmann, Markus ^b   Aertsen, Ad ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMAL; HUMAN; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0036134524     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089976602753284455     Document Type: Article

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