A computational tool to simulate correlated activity in neural circuits

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-32

  Veredas, F J ^a   Vico, F J ^a   Alonso, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Connection; Correlated firing; Correlogram; Monosynaptic; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); SOFTWARE;

EID: 2342582195     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2003.12.026     Document Type: Article

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