Title :
Neuromathematical Concepts of Point Process Theory
Author :
Landolt, Jack P. ; Correia, Manning J.
Author_Institution :
Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine
Abstract :
The mathematical foundations for describing a discrete series of events such as a spike train are presented by way of a point process theoretic approach. Various significance tests and empirical descriptors are discussed. These may be used in fitting a model to spike train data. The application of these techniques to the single unit, spontaneous activity from peripheral semicircular canal units in the pigeon is demonstrated as an example.
Keywords :
Data analysis; Intersymbol interference; Irrigation; Neuromuscular; Neurotransmitters; Physiology; Production; Stochastic processes; Testing; Time series analysis; Mathematics; Methods; Models, Neurological;
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TBME.1978.326370
