Automated classification of evoked quantal events

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 325-336

  Lancaster, Mark ^a   Viele, Kert ^a   Johnstone, A F M ^a   Cooper, Robin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Computational; Quantal; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; ARTIFACTS; ASTACOIDEA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33845424450     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.07.014     Document Type: Article

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