IRaster: A novel information visualization tool to explore spatiotemporal patterns in multiple spike trains

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 158-171

  Somerville, J ^a   Stuart, L ^a   Sernagor, E ^b   Borisyuk, R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS OF BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Information visualization; Interactive software; MEA recordings from retina; Multidimensional spike trains; Raster plots; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; IN VITRO SELECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SPIKE WAVE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATA DISPLAY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 78649517772     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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