A method for mapping response fields and determining intrinsic reference frames of single-unit activity: Applied to 3D head-unrestrained gaze shifts

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 171-184

  Keith, Gerald P ^a   DeSouza, Joseph F X ^a   Yan, Xiaogang ^a   Wang, Hongying ^a   Crawford, J Douglas ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fitting; Gain field; Kernel bandwidth; Neural activity; Non parametric; Regression; Simulation; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EYE; GAZE; GEOMETRY; HEAD; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY CORTEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; NEURONS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67349111251     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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