A synaptic explanation of suppression in visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 10053-10065

  Carandini, Matteo ^a   Heeger, David J ^b   Senn, Walter ^c  

^a Institute of Neuroinformatics Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contrast; Cortex; Depression; Inhibition; Masking; Orientation; Suppression; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0037112044     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-22-10053.2002     Document Type: Article

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