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Science 21 December 2001:
Vol. 294. no. 5551, pp. 2493 - 2494
DOI: 10.1126/science.1067928
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Perspectives

NEUROSCIENCE:
Information Coding

Barry Richmond

In response to a stimulus, neurons carry information in the form of electrical impulses to the correct region of the brain. On this journey, the information becomes modified and processed. In his Perspective, Richmond discusses new findings (Reich et al.) revealing that information decoding is best accomplished by including knowledge of which neuron emitted the impulse.

The author is in the Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. E-mail: bjr{at}ln.nimh.nih.gov

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