Adaptation of retinal processing to image contrast and spatial scale

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6620, 1997, Pages 69-73

  Smirnakis, Stelios M ^a,b   Berry, Michael J ^c   Warland, David K ^c   Bialek, William ^d   Meister, Markus ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT ADAPTATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RABBITS; REACTION TIME; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030979126     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386069a0     Document Type: Article

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