Synchrony and precise timing in complex neural networks

Handbook On Biological Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 279-304

  Memmesheimer, Raoul Martin ^a,b,c   Timme, Marc ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

^b BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1142/9789812838803_0013     Document Type: Chapter

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