Neuronal precision and the limits for acoustic signal recognition in a small neuronal network

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 251-265

  Neuhofer, Daniela ^a   Stemmler, Martin ^b   Ronacher, Bernhard ^a,c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory system; Neural variability; Noise; Signal recognition; Spike train metric

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951950791     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0606-5     Document Type: Article

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