title: On the extraction of the signal-excitation function from a non-Poisson cochlear neural spike train.
abstract: In two recent papers in this Journal, Johnson and Swami [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 74, 493-501 (1983)] and Gaumond et al. [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 74, 1392-1398 (1983)] have given procedures for estimating the signal-excitation function s(t) conveyed by a non-Poisson cochlear neural spike train with a known neural recovery function r(t - t'). For a delayed step form of r(t - t'), we show how s(t) may be directly (noniteratively) determined from the post-stimulus-time (PST) histogram response. We also show that for more general recovery functions, s(t) may be determined from the PST histogram response by using a simple iterative method.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tubis
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D003056:Cochlear Nerve / Q000502:physiology*; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission