The use of m-sequences in the analysis of visual neurons: Linear receptive field properties

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1015-1027

  Reid, R Clay ^a,b,c,d   Victor, J D ^a,b   Shapley, R M ^a,c  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN); Reverse correlation; Simple cell; Visual cortex; White noise

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031279625     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0952523800011743     Document Type: Article

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