Contrast-invariant orientation tuning in cat visual cortex: Thalamocortical input tuning and correlation-based intracortical connectivity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 5908-5927

  Troyer, Todd W ^a   Krukowski, Anton E ^a   Priebe, Nicholas J ^a   Miller, Kenneth D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortical circuitry; Contrast invariance; Layer 4; LGN; Model; Opponent inhibition; Orientation selectivity; Push pull; Simple cell; Spatial phase; V1; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0032146788     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-15-05908.1998     Document Type: Article

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