Millisecond-Timescale Local Network Coding in the Rat Primary Somatosensory Cortex
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Millisecond-Timescale Local Network Coding in the Rat Primary Somatosensory Cortex
Correlation among neocortical neurons is thought to play an indispensable role in mediating sensory processing of external stimuli. The role of temporal precision in this correlation has been hypothesized to enhance information flow along sensory pathways. Its role in mediating the integration of information at the output of these pathways, however, remains poorly understood. Here, we examined ...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021649