Membrane potential and firing rate in cat primary visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 470-484

  Carandini, Matteo ^a,b,c,d   Ferster, David ^c  

^a Institute of Neuroinformatics Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptaion; Complex cells; Contrast; Iceberg; Linearity; Orientation; S imple cells; Summation; Threshold; Tuning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAT; DIRECTIONAL VISION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPIKE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0033994239     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-01-00470.2000     Document Type: Article

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