Cortical connections and early visual function: Intra- and inter-columnar processing

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 97, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 191-208

  Ben Shahar, Ohad ^a   Huggins, Patrick S ^a   Izo, Tomas ^a,b   Zucker, Steven W ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational neuroscience; Horizontal connections; Perceptual organization; Shunting inhibition; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; FLOW KINETICS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; ORIENTATION; REVIEW; SHUNTING; VISION;

EID: 0842281591     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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