Efficient transformation of an auditory population code in a small sensory system

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 33, 2011, Pages 13812-13817

  Clemens, Jan ^a,b   Kutzki, Olaf ^a   Ronacher, Bernhard ^a,b   Schreiber, Susanne ^a,b   Wohlgemuth, Sandra ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Information theory; Invertebrates; Metric

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CELL POPULATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; GRASSHOPPER; MALE; MUSIC; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GRASSHOPPERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80051965814     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1104506108     Document Type: Article

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