Decoding visual information from a population of retinal ganglion cells

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2336-2350

  Warland, David K ^a,b   Reinagel, Pamela ^a,c   Meister, Markus ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Harvard Medical School ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SALAMANDER; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030686449     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.5.2336     Document Type: Article

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