Automatic analysis of time-sequence parameters in unit cell activity.
A method is presented which allows to automatically evaluate, by the aid of a small computer, parameters concerning the way a sequence of spikes is organized in time. This method stands on few simple assumptions: Interspike Time Intervals (ITIs) and/or clusters of ITIs that are either "too large" or "too short" so as to be unlikely at 0.05 level on the basis of a Poissonian firing hypothesis are selected and assumed as "Low Firing Periods" (LFP) and "High Firing Periods" (HFP), respectively. General information is obtained about both LFPs and HFPs. Results on real cases are in agreement with previous studies on unit cell activity.
D000818:Animals; D003202:Computers, Analog; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D006801:Humans; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D011336:Probability