Limits of linear rate coding of dynamic stimuli by electroreceptor afferents

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 2917-2929

  Gussin, Daniel ^a   Benda, Jan ^b   Maler, Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CODING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ELECTRORECEPTOR; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; KINETICS; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT;

EID: 34147155215     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01243.2006     Document Type: Article

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