Characterizing spike trains with Lempel-Ziv complexity

We review several applications of Lempel–Ziv complexity to the characterization of neural responses. In particular, Lempel–Ziv complexity allows to estimate the entropy of binned spike trains in an alternative way to the usual method based on the relative frequencies of words, with the definitive ad...

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Autores: Szczepanski, Janusz, Amigó, José María, Wajnryb, Eligiusz, Sánchez-Vives, María V.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/288997
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/288997
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Lempel–Ziv complexity
Entropy
Spike trains
Neuronal sources
Descripción
Sumario:We review several applications of Lempel–Ziv complexity to the characterization of neural responses. In particular, Lempel–Ziv complexity allows to estimate the entropy of binned spike trains in an alternative way to the usual method based on the relative frequencies of words, with the definitive advantage of no requiring very long registers. We also use complexity to discriminate neural responses to different kinds of stimuli and to evaluate the number of states of neuronal sources.