Correcting for the sampling bias problem in spike train information measures

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1064-1072

  Panzeri, Stefano ^a   Senatore, Riccardo ^a   Montemurro, Marcelo A ^a   Petersen, Rasmus S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT REDUCTION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SAMPLING ERROR; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; ENTROPY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 34548790687     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00559.2007     Document Type: Review

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