Probability of Stimulus Detection in a Model Population of Rapidly Adapting Fibers

Neural Computation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-58

  Güçlü, Burak ^a,b   Bolanowski, Stanley J ^a,b  

^a Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

^b Syracuse University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FINGER; HAPLORHINI; INNERVATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; STIMULATION; TOUCH;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; FINGERS; HAPLORHINI; MECHANORECEPTORS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SKIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TOUCH;

EID: 10744232927     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/08997660460733985     Document Type: Article

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