Neuronal oscillations enhance stimulus discrimination by ensuring action potential precision

PLoS Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1010-1024

  Schaefer, Andreas T ^a   Angelo, Kamilla ^a   Spors, Hartwig ^b   Margrie, Troy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; NERVE CELL; OLFACTORY BULB; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; NEURONS; OLFACTORY BULB; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33745218985     PISSN: 15457885     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040163     Document Type: Article

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