The amount of information transmitted about contrast by neurones in the cat's visual cortex

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 409-413

  Tolhurst, D J ^a  

^a PHYSIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information; Noise; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CYTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMAL; CATS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; NEURONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0024892687     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800002212     Document Type: Article

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