Detection of sequences in the cerebellar cortex: Numerical estimate of the possible number of tidal-wave inducing sequences represented

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 97, Issue 4-6, 2003, Pages 591-600

  Sultan, Fahad ^a   Heck, Detlef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Granule cells; Information storage; Model; Mossy fibers; Spatio temporal patterns; Timing

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GRANULE CELL; HUMAN; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARALLEL DESIGN; PONS ANGLE; PURKINJE CELL; PURKINJE FIBER; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PURKINJE CELLS;

EID: 1842507093     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2004.01.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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