Interval coding. I. Burst interspike intervals as indicators of stimulus intensity

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 2731-2743

  Oswald, Anne Marie M ^a,b   Doiron, Brent ^a,b   Maler, Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; STIMULATION; STIMULUS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34147138268     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00987.2006     Document Type: Article

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