The minimal local-asperity hypothesis of early retinal lateral inhibition

Neural Computation

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1485-1517

  Balboa, Rosario M ^a   Grzywacz, Norberto M ^a  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; INFORMATION SCIENCE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETINA;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; INFORMATION THEORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETINA; WATER;

EID: 0034220031     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089976600300015231     Document Type: Article

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