Measurement of time-dependent changes in the irregularity of neural spiking

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 906-918

  Davies, Ronnie M ^a   Gerstein, George L ^b   Baker, Stuart N ^c  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND GRIP; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; METRIC SYSTEM; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REACTION TIME; SIMULATION; SPIKE WAVE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; MACACA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746723492     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01030.2005     Document Type: Article

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