The isthmo-optic nucleus: A possible neural substrate for visual competition

Neurocomputing

Volumn 26-27, Issue , 1999, Pages 565-571

  Uchiyama, Hiroyuki ^a,b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Science and Technology Agency   (Japan)

Author keywords

Isthmo optic nucleus; Visual attention; Visual competition; Winner take all circuit

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EYE MOVEMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

ISTHMO OPTIC NUCLEUS; VISUAL ATTENTION; VISUAL COMPETITION; WINNER TAKE ALL CIRCUIT;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ARTICLE; BIRD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0032880494     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-2312(99)00035-1     Document Type: Article

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