Fano Factor: A Potentially Useful Information

The Fano factor, defined as the variance-to-mean ratio of spike counts in a time window, is often used to measure the variability of neuronal spike trains. However, despite its transparent definition, careless use of the Fano factor can easily lead to distorted or even wrong results. One of the prob...

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Main Authors: Kamil Rajdl, Petr Lansky, Lubomir Kostal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncom.2020.569049/full