Stimulus onset quenches neural variability: A widespread cortical phenomenon

Churchland, Mark M, Yu, Byron M, Cunningham, John P, Sugrue, Leo P, Cohen, Marlene R, Corrado, Greg S, Newsome, William T, Clark, Andrew M +18 more·2010·Nature Neuroscience

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