Period histograms visualize neural firing synchrony by spike phase

Evidence

A common way to represent the behavior of an auditory nerve fiber is to describe the firing patterns in the form of a period histogram. A period histogram represents the number of spikes (summed over many stimulus presentations) plotted as a function of the phase within a single period. — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1211

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the period histogram, a core tool for visualizing phase locking in auditory nerve research.
• XREF: connects to: Neural information is encoded in the patterning of voltage spikes — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 566