Linear and nonlinear contributions to orientation tuning of simple cells in the cat's striate cortex

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1115-1121

  Gardner, Justin L ^a   Anzai, Akiyuki ^a   Ohzawa, Izumi ^a   Freeman, Ralph D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Expansive nonlinearity; Linear summation; Orientation selectivity; Receptive field

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CELL; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CATS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENICULATE BODIES; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0033226678     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523899166112     Document Type: Article

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