Precisely timed signal transmission in neocortical networks with reliable intermediate-range projections

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn 3, Issue FEB, 2009, Pages

  Nawrot, Martin Paul ^a,b,c   Schnepel, Philipp ^c   Aertsen, Ad ^c   Boucsein, Clemens ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell assembly; Coincidence detector; Cortex; Dynamic photo stimulation; Rate coding; Synaptic variability; Temporal coding

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956719929     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.04.001.2009     Document Type: Article

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