Neural variability, or lack thereof

Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue FEB, 2013, Pages

  Masquelier, Timothée ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Neural coding; Neural variability; Precision; Redundancy; Reliability; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENT; HIGHER-ORDER; INTERNAL VARIABLES; MULTIPLE NEURONS; NEURAL CODING; NEURAL VARIABILITY; PRECISION; REACTIVE SYSTEM; REFERENCE TIME; STATISTICAL STRUCTURES; TOTAL VARIABILITIES; TRIAL-TO-TRIAL VARIABILITIES;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; REDUNDANCY; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

NEURONS;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CELL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEURAL VARIABILITY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84873669028     PISSN: 16625188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2013.00007     Document Type: Article

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