Synaptic depression and the temporal response characteristics of V1 cells

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4785-4799

  Chance, Frances S ^a   Nelson, Sacha B ^a   Abbott, L F ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast adaptation; Direction selectivity; Primary visual cortex; Short term plasticity; Simple cells; Temporal summation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIRECTIONAL VISION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL SUMMATION; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0032526975     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-12-04785.1998     Document Type: Article

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