Linear and nonlinear properties of simple cells of the striate cortex of the cat: Two types of nonlinearity

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 281-291

  Glezer, Vadim D ^a   Gauzelman, Vladimir E ^a  

^a PAVLOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cat; Linear and nonlinear properties; Simple cells; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CAT; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; EXCITATION; FILTER; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GRATING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; CATS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0030718531     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050223     Document Type: Article

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