Real-time neural coding of memory

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 165, Issue , 2007, Pages 105-122

  Tsien, Joe Z ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

binary code; cell assembly; concept; declarative memory; ensemble recording; episodic memory; feature encoding pyramid; hierarchical and categorical organization; hierarchical clustering method; hippocampus; knowledge; multiple discriminant analysis; neural clique; neural code; semantic memory

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CODING; CONCEPT FORMATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; GENETIC CODE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTEGRATION; INTELLIGENCE; KNOWLEDGE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEURAL CLIQUES; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME NEURAL CODING; REVIEW; SEMANTIC MEMORY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS;

EID: 34848920830     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(06)65007-3     Document Type: Review

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