ISSN:
1432-0770
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
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Computer Science
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Physics
Notes:
Abstract Aertsen et al. (1979) studied single unit recordings from the cochlear nucleus and the auditory cortex of the cat using a stimulus with a wide range of natural and technical sounds and discussed the question of the existence of a stimulus-event relation. The existence of such a stimulus-event relation was investigated by presenting the stimulus twice while recording the spike trains and studying the degree of reproducibility of the neural activity under the two presentations of the stimulus. This paper presents a statistical method to decide whether the two recordings of neural activity are similar, and if so to quantify the degree of similarity. The method is of potential use in multi-unit recordings.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00337013
