How silent is the brain: Is there a "dark matter" problem in neuroscience?

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 192, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 777-784

  Shoham, Shy ^a,b   O'Connor, Daniel H ^b   Segev, Ronen ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NEUROSCIENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; NEURONS; NEUROSCIENCES;

EID: 33746455939     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0117-6     Document Type: Review

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