An explanation of contextual modulation by short-range isotropic connections and orientation map geometry in the primary visual cortex

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 396-407

  Okamoto, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Watanabe, Masataka ^a   Aihara, Kazuyuki ^a,b   Kondo, Shunsuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYBERNETICS; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONTEXTUAL MODULATION; LONG-RANGE SPECIFIC CONNECTIONS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION;

NEUROLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERIODICITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 10844248438     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-004-0528-9     Document Type: Article

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