Johnson D H, Kiang N Y
Biophys J. 1976 Jul;16(7):719-34. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(76)85724-4.
Spike trains were recorded simultaneously from pairs of auditory nerve fibres in anesthetized cats. Tests for correlation between spike trains were developed for spontaneous activity and for discharge patterns resulting from single-tone stimuli. The application of these tests to the recordings indicates that the responses of auditory nerve fibers to a tone and to silence can be described as statistically independent point processes. This result implies that the initiation of spikes in these fibers is governed by localized processes specific for each fiber.
在麻醉猫身上,同时记录了成对听神经纤维的脉冲序列。针对自发活动以及单音刺激产生的放电模式,开发了脉冲序列相关性测试。将这些测试应用于记录结果表明,听神经纤维对音调及静音的反应可被描述为统计独立的点过程。这一结果意味着这些纤维中脉冲的起始由各纤维特有的局部过程所控制。