A mean-field model for orientation tuning, contrast saturation, and contextual effects in the primary visual cortex

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 291-304

  Stetter, Martin ^a   Bartsch, Hauke ^a   Obermayer, Klaus ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HAPLORHINI; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CATS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HAPLORHINI; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0034167431     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220050583     Document Type: Article

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