On the estimation of refractory period

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 288-295

  Hampel, David ^a   Lansky, Petr ^a,b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Gamma distribution; Interspike intervals; Minimum risk estimates; Ornstein Uhlenbeck neuronal model; Refractory period; Renewal process

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEURONS; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 43449110052     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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