Data mining neural spike trains for the identification of behavioural triggers using evolutionary algorithms

Neurocomputing

Volumn 70, Issue 4-6, 2007, Pages 1079-1084

  Stafford, Richard ^a   Claire Rind, F ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; DCMD neuron; Evolutionary algorithm; Locust; Neural coding

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION;

DESCENDING CONTRALATERAL MOVEMENT DETECTOR (DCMD); NEURAL SPIKE TRAINS; NEUTRAL CODING;

DATA MINING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA MINING; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM; JUMPING; LOCUST; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 33846014279     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2006.09.011     Document Type: Article

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