A cumulative sum test for a peri-stimulus time histogram using the Monte Carlo method

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 207-214

  Ushiba, Junichi ^a   Tomita, Yutaka ^a   Masakado, Yoshihisa ^a   Komune, Yoko ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CUSUM test; Electro physiology; Monte Carlo method; Moving average method; Peri stimulus time histogram; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOGRAM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTOR UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTOR NEURONS;

EID: 0037200724     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(02)00145-0     Document Type: Article

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