Analyzing the activity of large populations of neurons: how tractable is the problem?

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 397-400

  Nirenberg, Sheila H ^a   Victor, Jonathan D ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CELL INTERACTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENTROPY; HUMAN; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MEASUREMENT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; REVIEW; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; RETINA; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 34948851847     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2007.07.002     Document Type: Review

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