Examining methods for estimating mutual information in spiking neural systems

Neurocomputing

Volumn 65-66, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 429-434

  Rozell, Christopher J ^a   Johnson, Don H ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Information theory; Mutual information; Neural coding

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INFORMATION USE; JOINTS (ANATOMY); NEUROLOGY;

JOINT STIMULUS; NEURAL CODES; NEURAL SYSTEMS; NEUROCOMPUTING;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIKE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 18144374586     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2004.10.042     Document Type: Article

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