Optimal neural population coding of an auditory spatial cue

Nature

Volumn 430, Issue 7000, 2004, Pages 682-686

  Harper, Nicol S ^a,b   McAlpine, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AUDITORY NEURONS; SPATIAL CUES;

NEUROLOGY;

AUDITORY CUE; NEUROLOGY;

ACCURACY; ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CEPHALOMETRY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OWL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERBIL; HEAD; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; STRIGIFORMES; TYTONIDAE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CATS; CUES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PROBABILITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 3943064367     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02768     Document Type: Article

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