An architectural hypothesis for direction selectivity in the visual cortex: The role of spatially asymmetric intracortical inhibition

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-183

  Sabatini, Silvio P ^a   Solari, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYBERNETICS; HISTOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; CYBERNETICS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; NERVE NET; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0033088383     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220050515     Document Type: Article

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