Statistical models for neural encoding, decoding, and optimal stimulus design

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 165, Issue , 2007, Pages 493-507

  Paninski, Liam ^a   Pillow, Jonathan ^b   Lewi, Jeremy ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

decoding; neural coding; optimal experimental design

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; CELL INTERACTION; INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEURONS;

EID: 34848820532     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(06)65031-0     Document Type: Review

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