Predicting functional properties of visual cortex from an evolutionary scaling law

Neuron

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 139-142

  Stevens, Charles F ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PERIPHERAL VISION; PREDICTION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA; SCALE UP; THALAMUS; THEORY; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0037179829     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(02)00902-9     Document Type: Article

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