Efficient coding of natural scenes in the lateral geniculate nucleus: Experimental test of a computational theory

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3351-3362

  Dan, Yang ^a,b   Atick, Joseph J ^a   Reid, R Clay ^a,b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

coding; efficiency; information theory; lateral geniculate nucleus; natural scenes; power spectrum; visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION; WHITE NOISE;

EID: 0029880979     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-10-03351.1996     Document Type: Article

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