Reconstruction of natural scenes from ensemble responses in the lateral geniculate nucleus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 8036-8042

  Stanley, Garrett B ^a   Li, Fei F ^a   Dan, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Ensemble responses; LGN; Natural scenes; Reconstruction; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0033568861     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-18-08036.1999     Document Type: Article

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