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The study of neural coding involves the analysis of four formal aspects: the referent (relevant features of the input), the transformation (encoding process), the transmission (anatomical and physiological substrates of neural signaling) and the interpretation (recoding by a higher-order set of neurons or decoding by an effector) (Perkel & Bullock, 1968). Much of this study has been experimentally attacked by recordings obtained from sensory systems, where the fidelity or reliability of the representation process may be easily assessed.
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Alcayaga, J., Iturriaga, R., Zapata, P. (1996). Coherence of Chemosensory Discharges in Cats’ Carotid Nerves. In: Zapata, P., Eyzaguirre, C., Torrance, R.W. (eds) Frontiers in Arterial Chemoreception. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 410. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5891-0_54
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