Coding of visual information by precisely correlated spikes in the lateral geniculate nucleus

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 501-507

  Dan, Yang ^a,b,c   Alonso, Jose Manuel ^b   Usrey, W Martin ^a,b   Reid, R Clay ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CYTOLOGY; GENICULATE BODY; INFORMATION SCIENCE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; GENICULATE BODIES; INFORMATION THEORY; NEURONS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33644692887     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/2217     Document Type: Article

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