Finding the way with a noisy brain

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Cheung, Allen ^a   Vickerstaff, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; COMPUTATION THEORY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTEGRATION;

ANIMAL KINGDOM; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; DIFFERENT SIZES; INTEGRATION MODELS; NAVIGATION STRATEGIES; NETWORK FORMS; NEURAL-NETWORKS; PATH INTEGRATION; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

NAVIGATION;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NOISE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTS; BRAIN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 78649668529     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000992     Document Type: Article

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