Role of suppression in shaping orientation and direction selectivity of complex neurons in cat striate cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1163-1176

  Hammond, P ^a   Kim, J N ^a,b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL VISION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0029980490     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.3.1163     Document Type: Article

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