Similarity of interspike interval distributions and information gain in a stationary neuronal firing

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-167

  Kostal, Lubomir ^a   Lansky, Petr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; INTERSPIKE INTERVAL; ISI DESCRIPTORS; KULLBACK-LEIBLER INFORMATION DISTANCE;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENTROPY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICS; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENTROPY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; RATS; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 31344469892     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-005-0036-6     Document Type: Article

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