The Spatial Structure of Stimuli Shapes the Timescale of Correlations in Population Spiking Activity

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Litwin Kumar, Ashok ^a,b   Chacron, Maurice J ^c,d   Doiron, Brent ^b,e  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR THE NEURAL BASIS OF COGNITION   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MAMMALS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEURONS;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; NEURAL CODE; NEURAL SPIKE TRAINS; SINGLE UNIT RECORDINGS; SPATIAL EXTENT; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SPIKE TRAIN; SPIKING NETWORKS; TIME-SCALES; WEAKLY ELECTRIC FISH;

FEEDBACK;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPIKE; STIMULUS; STIMULUS STRUCTURE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84866895997     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002667     Document Type: Article

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