Selective population rate coding: A possible computational role of gamma oscillations in selective attention

Neural Computation

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3335-3362

  Masuda, Naoki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SYNAPSE; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REACTION TIME; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72249092516     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: 1530888X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/neco.2009.09-08-857     Document Type: Letter

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