A simple model of human foveal ganglion cell responses to hyperacuity stimuli

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-82

  Wachtler, Thomas ^a   Wehrhahn, Christian ^a   Lee, Barry B ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ganglion cells; Hyperacuity; Primate retina; Simulation; Spatial vision

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CELL RESPONSE; GANGLIA CELLS; HUMAN RETINA; HYPERACUITY; PLAUSIBLE MODEL; PRIMATE RETINA; SIMPLE MODELING; SIMULATION; SPATIAL VISION; VISUAL INFORMATION PROCESSING;

CELLS;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 0029987006     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00158338     Document Type: Article

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