Identification of MGB cells by Volterra kernels. II. Towards a functional classification of cells (Q1087493)

[For part I see ibid. 51, 383-390 (1985; Zbl 0561.92009).] System identification methods can be implemented in sensory physiology to formalize stimulus-response relationships. We apply the Volterra approach in order to define input-output relations of medial geniculate body (MGB) cells in the awake squirrel monkey. The transfer functions (kernels) of MGB cells are computed using input-output pairs. The inputs are intraspecific communication sounds, represented by their spectral components at a 1 or 1/3 octave resolution, yielding thus a multi input system. The outputs are represented by the responses of single neurons expressed as the smoothed peri stimulus time histograms (PSTHs).