Population coding by electrosensory neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1825-1835

  Chacron, Maurice J ^a,b   Bastian, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APTERONOTUS LEPTORHYNCHUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; MICROELECTRODES; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PYRAMIDAL CELLS;

EID: 42249097282     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01266.2007     Document Type: Article

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