Spike train analysis toolkit: Enabling wider application of information-theoretic techniques to neurophysiology

Neuroinformatics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 165-178

  Goldberg, David H ^a   Victor, Jonathan D ^a   Gardner, Esther P ^b   Gardner, Daniel ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational neuroscience; Data sharing; Information theory; Neural coding; Neurodatabases

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA BASE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NEURONS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 70449709283     PISSN: 15392791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12021-009-9049-y     Document Type: Article

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