Behaviorally relevant burst coding in primary sensory neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1086-1091

  Sabourin, Patrick ^a   Pollack, Gerald S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICKET; FEMALE; INSECT; INTERNEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPIKE; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GRYLLIDAE; HEARING; INTERNEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 68149156140     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00370.2009     Document Type: Article

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