Estimating the Temporal Interval Entropy of Neuronal Discharge

Neural Computation

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 941-970

  Reeke, George N ^a   Coop, Allan D ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENTROPY; NERVE CELL; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ENTROPY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1842632419     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089976604773135050     Document Type: Article

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