The highly irregular firing of cortical cells is inconsistent with temporal integration of random EPSPs.

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Published in J Neurosci on January 01, 1993

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W R Softky1, C Koch

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1: Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125.

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