Multiple neural spike train data analysis: State-of-the-art and future challenges

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 456-461

  Brown, Emery N ^a,b   Kass, Robert E ^c   Mitra, Partha P ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLASSIFICATION; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIKE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ART; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2142765521     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1228     Document Type: Review

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