Encoding of time-varying stimuli in populations of cultured neurons

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 335-349

  Cozzi, Laura ^a   D'Angelo, Paolo ^a   Sanguineti, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS; SENSORS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

CORTICAL NEURONS; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; SENSORY INFORMATION;

NEUROLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; RATS;

EID: 33645996386     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-006-0051-2     Document Type: Article

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