Precision, reliability, and information-theoretic analysis of visual thalamocortical neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2647-2663

  Kumbhani, Romesh D ^a   Nolt, Mark J ^a   Palmer, Larry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAT; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; GENICULATE BODIES; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 36248934237     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00900.2006     Document Type: Article

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