rate vs temporal coding

[Dr Neil Burgess - Anatomy UCL London]

How I enjoyed Peter Cariani's comments on rate vs. temporal coding! 
In our lab. there are also some data supporting the role of temporal coding,
concerning rat hippocampus and navigation (O'Keefe & Recce, 1993), &
some (simplistic) models of it, combining rate and temporal coding 
(Burgess et al., 1993 & 1994). A paper by Nicolelis et al. (1993) 
also points to temporal coding in the rat's thalamic representation of 
(sensory stimulation to) its face.

All the best,

Neil


Burgess N, O'Keefe J \& Recce M (1993) `Using hippocampal `place cells'
for navigation, exploiting phase coding', in:
S. J. Hanson, C. L. Giles and J. D. Cowan (eds.)
{\it Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 5}, 929-936. 
San Mateo, CA: Morgan Kaufmann. (or neuroprose/burgess.hipnav.ps.Z) 

Burgess N, Recce M \& O'Keefe J (1994) `A model of hippocampal function',
{\it Neural Networks}, {\bf 7}, 1065-1081. (or neuroprose/burgess.hipmod.ps.Z; 
http://rana.usc.edu:8376/~aguazzel/cs664/Burgess/paper.html)

Nicolelis M A L, Lin R C S, Woodward D J \& Chapin J K (1993)
`Dynamic and distributed properties of many-neuron ensembles in the 
ventral posterior medial thalamus of awake rats', 
{\it Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA} {\bf 90} 2212-2216.

O'Keefe J \& Recce M (1993) `Phase relationship between hippocampal
place units and the EEG theta rhythm', {\it Hippocampus} {\bf 3} 317-330.