Coding of sensory signals by neuronal populations: The role of correlated activity

Neuroscientist

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 175-180

  Panzeri, Stefano ^a   Pola, Gianni ^b   Petersen, Rasmus S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Information transmission; Population coding; Spike patterns; Spike times

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; CODING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPIKE WAVE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; INFORMATION THEORY; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0038175149     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858403009003010     Document Type: Review

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