A phenomenological model of visually evoked spike trains in cat geniculate nonlagged X-cells

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1157-1174

  Gazères, Nicolas ^a   Borg Graham, Lyle J ^a   Frégnac, Yves ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cat; Center surround antagonism; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Phenomenological model; Renewal process; Spike train

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAT; CYTOLOGY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GENICULATE BODY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; GENICULATE BODIES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 0032213183     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523898156158     Document Type: Article

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