Linear and nonlinear causality between signals: Methods, examples and neurophysiological applications

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 349-369

  Gourévitch, Boris ^a   Le Bouquin Jeannès, Régine ^a   Faucon, Gérard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DIRECTED COHERENCE; LINEAR CAUSALITY; NONLINEAR CAUSALITY; NONLINEAR LINKAGES;

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 33749346329     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-006-0098-0     Document Type: Article

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