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SUBMITTER: Srivastava KH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5293088 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Srivastava Kyle H KH Holmes Caroline M CM Vellema Michiel M Pack Andrea R AR Elemans Coen P H CP Nemenman Ilya I Sober Samuel J SJ
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20170118 5
A fundamental problem in neuroscience is understanding how sequences of action potentials ("spikes") encode information about sensory signals and motor outputs. Although traditional theories assume that this information is conveyed by the total number of spikes fired within a specified time interval (spike rate), recent studies have shown that additional information is carried by the millisecond-scale timing patterns of action potentials (spike timing). However, it is unknown whether or how subt ...[more]