Testing equality of several functions: Analysis of single-unit firing-rate curves across multiple experimental conditions

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 3958-3975

  Behseta, Sam ^a   Kass, Robert E ^b   Moorman, David E ^c   Olson, Carl R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

BARS; Functional data analysis; Multiple curve fitting; Neuronal data; PSTH

Indexed keywords

BIOSTATISTICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CURVE FITTING; DATA ANALYSIS; FRONTAL CORTEX; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; FRONTAL LOBE; MACACA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEURONS; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 34548434022     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2940     Document Type: Conference Paper

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