Contrast-dependent nonlinearities arise locally in a model of contrast-invariant orientation tuning

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2130-2149

  Kayser, Andrew ^a   Priebe, Nicholas J ^a   Miller, Kenneth D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0035005978     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2001.85.5.2130     Document Type: Article

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