A linear model fails to predict orientation selectivity of cells in the cat visual cortex

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 496, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 597-606

  Volgushev, M ^a,b,c   Vidyasagar, T R ^a,d   Pei, X ^a,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0029907582     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021711     Document Type: Article

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