Choice-related activity and correlated noise in subcortical vestibular neurons

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-97

  Liu, Sheng ^a,b   Gu, Yong ^a   Deangelis, Gregory C ^c   Angelaki, Dora E ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; DECISION MAKING; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HEAD MOVEMENTS; MACACA MULATTA; NEURONS; NOISE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 84871720636     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3267     Document Type: Article

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