Title: Sparse and Dense Coding of Natural Stimuli by Distinct Midbrain Neuron Subpopulations in Weakly Electric Fish
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4 Running title: Sparse and dense coding of natural stimuli 5 6 Authors: Katrin Vonderschen and Maurice J. Chacron 7 8 : Department of Physiology, McGill University 9 10 11 : corresponding author: 12 Maurice J. Chacron 13 Department of Physiology 14 McGill University 15 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, room 1137 16 Montréal, Québec, H3G 1Y6 17 CANADA 18 19 Number of figures: 8 (5 in gray scale, 3 in color) 20 Number of pages: 42 21 22 Words in Abstract: 242 23 Introduction: 634 24 Discussion: 2481 25 26 The authors declare no conflict of interests. 27 28 keywords: information theory, neural coding, weakly electric fish, electrocommunication, sparse 29 coding, midbrain 30 31 Acknowledgments: We thank Oscar Ávila-Ǻkerberg, Jacob Engelmann, and Eric S. Fortune for helpful 32 comments on the manuscript. This research was supported by CIHR, NSERC, CFI, and CRC (M.J.C). 33 Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (September 21, 2011). doi:10.1152/jn.00588.2011
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