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Joint Peri Stimulus Time Histogram (JPSTH)

Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience

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The joint peristimulus time histogram (JPSTH) provides the two-dimensional time-resolved correlation of two neurons with respect to a trigger event. A specific correction removes the effect of the trigger on the individual neuronal responses and thus highlights the excess correlation between the two neurons.

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The temporal relation between two spike trains is usually studied using the ordinary cross-correlation (see entry “Correlation Analysis of Parallel Spike Trains”) together with the shift or peristimulus time histogram (PSTH)-based (see entry “Estimation of Neuronal Firing Rate”) predictor to partially compensate for firing covariation. These measures are averages over the entire length of data and hence ignore dynamics. This means we can only infer the static average interaction between the neurons. A portion of the dynamics may be associated with the repeated presentation of stimulus, and it is this portion that is delineated by the JPSTH (as an...

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  1. Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, 3700 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6085, USA

    George L. Gerstein (Emeritus Professor)

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    Ranu Jung

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Gerstein, G.L. (2014). Joint Peri Stimulus Time Histogram (JPSTH). In: Jaeger, D., Jung, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7320-6_397-1

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