Neural heterogeneities and stimulus properties affect burst coding in vivo

Neuroscience

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 300-313

  Avila Akerberg, O ^a   Krahe, R ^a   Chacron, M J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burst firing; Information theory; Neural coding; Weakly electric fish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPIKE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GYMNOTIFORMES; INFORMATION THEORY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS;

EID: 77952889562     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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