Improved stimulus representation by short interspike intervals in primary auditory cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1908-1917

  Shih, Jonathan Y ^a,b,c   Atencio, Craig A ^b,c   Schreiner, Christoph E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic moving ripple; Information theory; Receptive field; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL CAT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPIKE WAVE; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CATS; COCHLEAR NERVE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NOISE; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79955150367     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01055.2010     Document Type: Article

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