TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brette,Romain
AU  - Destexhe,Alain
TI  - Handbook of Neural Activity Measurement [ electronic resource ]
SN  - 9780511979958 ( e-book )
PY  - 2012///
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Neurosciences
KW  - Mathematical Modeling and Methods
KW  - Life Sciences
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Electronic books
N2  - Neuroscientists employ many different techniques to observe the activity of the brain, from single-channel recording to functional imaging (fMRI). Many practical books explain how to use these techniques, but in order to extract meaningful information from the results it is necessary to understand the physical and mathematical principles underlying each measurement. This book covers an exhaustive range of techniques, with each chapter focusing on one in particular. Each author, a leading expert, explains exactly which quantity is being measured, the underlying principles at work, and most importantly the precise relationship between the signals measured and neural activity. The book is an important reference for neuroscientists who use these techniques in their own experimental protocols and need to interpret their results precisely, for computational neuroscientists who use such experimental results in their models, and for scientists who want to develop new measurement techniques or enhance existing ones
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511979958
ER  -