From stimulus estimation to combination sensitivity: Encoding and processing of amplitude and timing information in parallel, convergent sensory pathways

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-24

  Carlson, Bruce A ^a,b   Kawasaki, Masashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Electric organ discharge; Electrosensory; Information theory; Weakly electric fish

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); FISH; MODULATION; SIGNAL ENCODING; TIMING CIRCUITS;

AMBIGUITY; AMPLITUDE INFORMATION; ELECTRIC ORGAN DISCHARGE; ELECTRIC ORGANS; ELECTROSENSORY; ENCODINGS; SENSITIVITY ENCODING; THEORETICAL APPROACH; TIMING INFORMATION; WEAKLY ELECTRIC FISH;

NEURONS;

ACCURACY; AMBIGUITY; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 45649083972     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10827-007-0062-6     Document Type: Article

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