Hierarchical bayesian modeling and Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling for tuning-curve analysis

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 591-602

  Cronin, Beau ^a   Stevenson, Ian H ^b   Sur, Mriganka ^a   Körding, Konrad P ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; SPIKE WAVE; TUNING CURVE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HAPLORHINI; MARKOV CHAINS; MICE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; ORIENTATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 74049083714     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00379.2009     Document Type: Article

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