Translation-invariant orientation tuning in visual 'complex' cells could derive from intradendritic computations

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4325-4334

  Mel, Bartlett W ^a   Ruderman, Daniel L ^a,c   Archie, Kevín A ^b  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Active dendrites; Complex cells; Computational models; Energy models; Orientation tuning; Single neuron computation; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL INTERACTION; DENDRITE; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032101368     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-11-04325.1998     Document Type: Article

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