Beyond statistical significance: Implications of network structure on neuronal activity

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Vlachos, Ioannis ^a   Aertsen, Ad ^a   Kumar, Arvind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOWNSTREAM NEURONS; EMBEDDEDNESS; EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE; GOOD PRACTICES; GROUND TRUTH; NETWORK STRUCTURES; NEURON ACTIVITY; NEURONAL ACTIVITIES; NULL HYPOTHESIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

NEURONS;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CYTOLOGY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS;

EID: 84857473385     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002311     Document Type: Article

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