Neural heterogeneities influence envelope and temporal coding at the sensory periphery

Neuroscience

Volumn 172, Issue , 2011, Pages 270-284

  Savard, M ^a   Krahe, R ^a   Chacron, M J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrocommunication; Electrolocation; Information theory; Neural code; Nonlinearity; Weakly electric fish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APTERONOTUS LEPTORHYNCHUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORECEPTOR; FISH; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GYMNOTIFORMES; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; MODELS, ANIMAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650750566     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.10.061     Document Type: Article

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