Timing as an intrinsic property of neural networks: Evidence from in vivo and in vitro experiments

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1637, 2014, Pages

  Goel, Anubhuti ^a   Buonomano, Dean V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neural dynamics; Short term plasticity; State dependent network model; Temporally selective neurons

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NEUROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; SENSORY SYSTEM;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; COGNITION; HUMAN; LEARNING; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEURAL DYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SHORT-TERM PLASTICITY; STATE-DEPENDENT NETWORK MODEL; TEMPORALLY SELECTIVE NEURONS; TIME;

NEURAL DYNAMICS; SHORT-TERM PLASTICITY; STATE-DEPENDENT NETWORK MODEL; TEMPORALLY SELECTIVE NEURONS;

BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; COGNITION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84892550301     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0460     Document Type: Review

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