1st Edition
Spike Timing Mechanisms and Function
Introduction. SPIKE TIMING - TOOLS AND MODELS. Spike Trains as Event Sequences: Fundamental Implications. Neural Coding and Decoding with Spike Times. Can We Predict Every Spike? Statistical Identification of Synchronous Spiking. Binless Estimation of Mutual Information in Metric Spaces. Measuring Information in Spike Trains about Intrinsic Brain Signals. The Role of Oscillation-Enhanced Neural Precision in Information Transmission between Brain Areas. SPIKE TIMING - CODING, DECODING AND SENSATION. Timing Information in Insect Mechanosensory Systems. Neural Encoding of Dynamic Inputs by Spike Timing. Relating Spike Times to Perception – Auditory Detection and Discrimination. Spike Timing and Neural Codes for Odors. Spike Timing as a Mechanism for Taste Coding in the Brainstem. Increases In Spike Timing Precision Improves Gustatory Discrimination Upon Learning. Spike Timing in Early Stages of Visual Processing. Cortical Computations Using Relative Spike Timing.
Biography
Patricia M. Di Lorenzo is Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program in Psychobiology at Binghamton University, New York. Jonathan D. Victor is Fred Plum Professor of Neurology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York.
