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Smoothing bandwidth selection for response latency estimation.

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Friedman, HS; Priebe, CE
Published in: J Neurosci Methods
February 1, 1999

Stimulus response latency is the delay between stimulus onset and the evoked modulation in neural activity. A common technique to estimate latencies involves binning the spike arrival times to form a peri-stimulus histogram. This histogram is smoothed using a fixed bandwidth. The estimated latency is the first time following stimulus onset in which the smoothed histogram exceeds the midpoint between the minimum and maximum of the smoothed histogram. We demonstrate that the choice of smoothing bandwidth is critical to the accuracy of this latency estimation technique. We suggest a bootstrap resampling technique for bandwidth selection which results in a robust latency estimate.

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J Neurosci Methods

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0165-0270

Publication Date

February 1, 1999

Volume

87

Issue

1

Start / End Page

13 / 16

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Neurons
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Haplorhini
  • Fixation, Ocular
  • Electrophysiology
  • Electric Stimulation
  • Data Interpretation, Statistical
  • Computer Simulation
  • Animals
 

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Friedman, H. S., & Priebe, C. E. (1999). Smoothing bandwidth selection for response latency estimation. J Neurosci Methods, 87(1), 13–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0165-0270(98)00144-7
Friedman, H. S., and C. E. Priebe. “Smoothing bandwidth selection for response latency estimation.J Neurosci Methods 87, no. 1 (February 1, 1999): 13–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0165-0270(98)00144-7.
Friedman HS, Priebe CE. Smoothing bandwidth selection for response latency estimation. J Neurosci Methods. 1999 Feb 1;87(1):13–6.
Friedman, H. S., and C. E. Priebe. “Smoothing bandwidth selection for response latency estimation.J Neurosci Methods, vol. 87, no. 1, Feb. 1999, pp. 13–16. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0165-0270(98)00144-7.
Friedman HS, Priebe CE. Smoothing bandwidth selection for response latency estimation. J Neurosci Methods. 1999 Feb 1;87(1):13–16.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Neurosci Methods

DOI

ISSN

0165-0270

Publication Date

February 1, 1999

Volume

87

Issue

1

Start / End Page

13 / 16

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Neurons
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Haplorhini
  • Fixation, Ocular
  • Electrophysiology
  • Electric Stimulation
  • Data Interpretation, Statistical
  • Computer Simulation
  • Animals