A Synchronization-Desynchronization Code for Natural Communication Signals

Neuron

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 347-358

  Benda, Jan ^a,b   Longtin, André ^a   Maler, Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTRORECEPTOR; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPIKE WAVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SENSORY; GYMNOTIFORMES; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 33749683720     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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