How many neurons can we see with current spike sorting algorithms?

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-65

  Pedreira, Carlos ^a   Martinez, Juan ^a   Ison, Matias J ^a   Quian Quiroga, Rodrigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extracellular recordings; Sparse neurons; Spike sorting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRODE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPIKE;

ALGORITHMS; CELL COUNT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS;

EID: 84865440932     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.07.010     Document Type: Article

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