From response to stimulus: adaptive sampling in sensory physiology

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 430-436

  Benda, Jan ^a   Gollisch, Tim ^b   Machens, Christian K ^c   Herz, Andreas VM ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CALCULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; INFORMATION THEORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); SENSATION;

EID: 34948897019     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2007.07.009     Document Type: Review

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