Hierarchical organization of macaque and cat cortical sensory systems explored with a novel network processor

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1393, 2000, Pages 71-89

  Hilgetag, Claus C ^a,b   O'Neill, Marc A ^a   Young, Malcolm P ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomical connectivity; Area FST; Cortical layers; Evolutionary optimization; Visual hierarchy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; MACACA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0034728118     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0550     Document Type: Article

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