Variability and information content in auditory cortex spike trains during an interval-discrimination task

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2163-2174

  Abolafia, Juan M ^a   Martinez Garcia, M ^c   Deco, G ^b,c   Sanchez Vives, M V ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Auditory processing; Firing modulation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPIKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PROCESSING; FIRING MODULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); NEURONS; RATS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84887006581     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00381.2013     Document Type: Article

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