An uncorrelated state for the cortex?

F1000 Biology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Schulz, David P A ^a,b   Carandini, Matteo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 77955083204     PISSN: 17404118     EISSN: 1757594X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3410/B2-43     Document Type: Review

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