Colinear facilitation promotes reliability of single-cell responses in cat striate cortex

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 163-172

  Kasamatsu, Takuji ^a   Polat, Uri ^a,b   Pettet, Mark W ^a   Norcia, Anthony M ^a  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Institute for Vision Research Rehovot   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cat visual cortex; Colinear stimuli; Contrast dependent modulation; Gabor patches; Response variability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CAT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FACILITATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIATE CORTEX; VARIANCE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CATS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0035035310     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210100675     Document Type: Article

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