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ANNartificial neural network
ARauto-regressive
BAERbrainstem auditory evoked response
cAMPcyclic AMP (adenosine monophosphate)
cGMPcyclic GMP (guanosine monophosphate)
CNNconvolutional neural network
EBNexcitatory burst neuron
ECoGelectro-corticogram
EEGelectro-encephalogram
EPSCexcitatory postsynaptic current
EPSPexcitatory postsynaptic potential
FEFfrontal eye field
FORfastigial oculomotor region (caudal fastigial nucleus of the cerebellum)
IBNinhibitory burst neuron
INCinterstitial nucleus of Cajal
IPSCinhibitory postsynaptic current
IPSPinhibitory postsynaptic potential
ISIinter-spike interval
LTDlong term depression
LTPlong term potentiation
MLFmedial longitudinal fasciculus
NRInucleus raphe interpositus
PEFparietal eye field (in and around area LIP in humans)
PPRFparamedian pontine reticular formation
PSTHperi-stimulus time histogram (could be either pre-stimulus or post-stimulus)
PTPpost-tetanic potentiation
rINCrostral interstitial nucleus of Cajal
riMLFrostral interstitial nucleus of the medial longitudinal fasciculus
PCAprincipal component analysis
RNNrecurrent neural network
SCsuperior colliculus
STDshort term depression
STDPspike timing dependent plasticity
STPshort term potentiation
tphysical time
Ttime mapped onto neural networks
TMStrans-cranial magnetic stimulation
t-SNEt-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding
TTFStime to first spike
V1primary visual cortex (Brodmann area 17 in humans)
VEPvisual evoked potential


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