Contrast adaptation and infomax in visual cortical neurons

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 181-200

  Adorján, Péter ^a   Piepenbrock, Christian ^a   Obermayer, Klaus ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computational model; Contrast adaptation; Fast synaptic depression; Oscillatory activity; Transmitter release probability

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST; MODEL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0032845562     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.1999.10.3-4.181     Document Type: Review

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