Orientation tuning curves: Empirical description and estimation of parameters

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-56

  Swindale, N V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NERVE CELL; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CATS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0031601017     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220050411     Document Type: Article

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