Impact of neuronal properties on network coding: Roles of spike initiation dynamics and robust synchrony transfer

Neuron

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 758-772

  Ratté, Stéphanie ^a   Hong, Sungho ^b   DeSchutter, Erik ^b   Prescott, Steven A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVATION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNCHRONY TRANSFER;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84878842764     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.05.030     Document Type: Review

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