Linearity and normalization in simple cells of the macaque primary visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 8621-8644

  Carandini, Matteo ^a   Heeger, David J ^b   Movshon, J Anthony ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast; Gain control; Masking; Noise; Nonlinearity; Normalization; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; GRATING; MACACA; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL MASKING; VISUAL STIMULATION; WHITE NOISE;

EID: 0030780094     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-21-08621.1997     Document Type: Article

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