Contrast's effect on spatial summation by macaque V1 neurons

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 733-739

  Sceniak, Michael P ^a   Ringach, Dario L ^b   Hawken, Michael J ^a   Shapley, Robert ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; MACACA; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPATIAL SUMMATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; LINEAR MODELS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; NEURONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0033360079     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/11197     Document Type: Article

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