Geometrical Computations Explain Projection Patterns of Long-Range Horizontal Connections in Visual Cortex

Neural Computation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 445-476

  Ben Shahar, Ohad ^a   Zucker, Steven ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RETINA; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROJECTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RETINA; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0842282083     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089976604772744866     Document Type: Article

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