Direction selectivity of synaptic potentials in simple cells of the cat visual cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2772-2789

  Jagadeesh, Bharathi ^a   Wheat, Heidi Sue ^b   Kontsevich, Leonid L ^c   Tyler, Christopher W ^c   Ferster, David ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0030657955     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.5.2772     Document Type: Article

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