Cracking the Neuronal Code
- 3 November 1995
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 270 (5237) , 756-757
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.270.5237.756
Abstract
How does the brain code information? Ferster and Spruston weigh the evidence in favor of a rate code (that the rate of action-potential firing carries the key information) and a temporal code (in which the pattern of firing is crucial, not just the rate).Keywords
This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
- Pattern recognition computation using action potential timing for stimulus representationNature, 1995
- Reliability of Spike Timing in Neocortical NeuronsScience, 1995
- Is there a signal in the noise?Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 1995
- Simple codes versus efficient codesCurrent Opinion in Neurobiology, 1995
- Dynamics of neuronal interactions in monkey cortex in relation to behavioural eventsNature, 1995
- Noise, neural codes and cortical organizationCurrent Opinion in Neurobiology, 1994
- Dynamics of the Hippocampal Ensemble Code for SpaceScience, 1993
- Phase relationship between hippocampal place units and the EEG theta rhythmHippocampus, 1993
- Oscillatory responses in cat visual cortex exhibit inter-columnar synchronization which reflects global stimulus propertiesNature, 1989
- Random Walk Models for the Spike Activity of a Single NeuronBiophysical Journal, 1964