Complex cells as cortically amplified simple cells

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 277-282

  Chance, Frances S ^a   Nelson, Sacha B ^a   Abbott, L F ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033366228     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/6381     Document Type: Article

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