Lognormal firing rate distribution reveals prominent fluctuation-driven regime in spinal motor networks

eLife

Volumn 5, Issue OCTOBER2016, 2016, Pages

  Petersen, Peter C ^a   Berg, Rune W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; FIRING RATE; LUMBAR REGION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MODEL; TURTLE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MOTONEURON; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; SPINAL CORD; TURTLES;

EID: 85006051770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.18805     Document Type: Article

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