Timescale-Invariant representation of acoustic communication signals by a bursting neuron

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2575-2580

  Creutzig, Felix ^a   Wohlgemuth, Sandra ^a   Stumpner, Andreas ^b   Benda, Jan ^c   Ronacher, Bernhard ^a   Herz, Andreas V M ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Auditory system; Burst code; Invariant object recognition; Spike train; Temporal pattern

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; INTERNEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SOUND DETECTION; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; INTERNEURONS; ISOQUINOLINES; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 61449266524     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0599-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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