Neural coding and contextual influences in the whisker system

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 427-446

  Petersen, Rasmus S ^a   Panzeri, Stefano ^a,b   Maravall, Miguel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; Information theory; Neural coding; Vibrissa

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIALS; BARREL CORTEX; DESIGNED EXPERIMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM; HIGH BANDWIDTH; INTERNAL STATE; KEY ISSUES; MODEL SYSTEM; NEURAL CODING; SENSORY INFORMATION; SENSORY PROCESSING; SPIKE TIMING; VIBRISSA;

NEURONS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

INFORMATION THEORY;

RODENTIA;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN MAPPING; HISTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; TIME; VIBRISSA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; TIME FACTORS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 67650492248     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-008-0290-5     Document Type: Review

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