Robust temporal coding of contrast by V1 neurons for transient but not for steady-state stimuli

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 6583-6598

  Mechler, Ferenc ^a,b   Victor, Jonathan D ^a   Purpura, Keith P ^a   Shapley, Robert ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex cell; Contrast response; Edges; Gratings; Metric spaces; Primary visual cortex; Simple cell; Steady state stimuli; Temporal coding; Transient stimuli

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0032529598     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-16-06583.1998     Document Type: Article

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