Fractal character of the neural spike train in the visual system of the cat

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 529-546

  Teich, Malvin C ^a   Heneghan, Conor ^a,b   Lowen, Steven B ^a   Ozaki, Tsuyoshi ^c,d   Kaplan, Ehud ^c,d  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CATS; FRACTALS; GENICULATE BODIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0031093877     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.000529     Document Type: Article

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