Neurons can transmit information about sensory stimuli via their firing rate, spike latency, or
by the occurrence of complex spike patterns. Identifying which aspects of the neural …

The present study explores the issue of cortical coding by spike count and timing using
statistical and information theoretic methods. We have shown in previous studies that …

The timing of the first, and sometimes only, spike of auditory neurons evoked by an acoustic
stimulus depends on a variety of parameters. Recent studies have suggested that several of …

Population responses of cortical neurons encode considerable details about sensory stimuli,
and the encoded information is likely to change with stimulus context and behavioral …

Hypotheses of sensory coding range from the notion of nonlinear “feature detectors” to linear
rate coding strategies. Here, we report that auditory neurons exhibit a novel trade-off in the …

It is well known that many stimulus parameters, such as sound location in the auditory
system or contrast in the visual system, can modulate the timing of the first spike in sensory …

To process the rich temporal structure of their acoustic environment, organisms have to
integrate information over time into an appropriate neural response. Previous studies have …

The precise timing of spikes of cortical neurons relative to stimulus onset carries substantial
sensory information. To access this information the sensory systems would need to maintain …

How does auditory cortex represent auditory stimuli, and how do these representations
contribute to behavior? Recent experimental evidence suggests that activity in auditory …

Neurons in auditory cortex are central to our perception of sounds. However, the underlying
neural codes, and the relevance of millisecond-precise spike timing in particular, remain …