An improved method for the estimation of firing rate dynamics using an optimal digital filter

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 165-181

  Cherif, Sofiane ^a   Cullen, Kathleen E ^a   Galiana, Henrietta L ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Lyman Duff Building ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

ISI; Kaiser window; Rate histogram; Spike density; Vestibular afferents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIGITAL FILTERING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NOISE REDUCTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPIKE WAVE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 54049110967     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.05.021     Document Type: Article

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