The contribution of spike threshold to the dichotomy of cortical simple and complex cells

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1113-1122

  Priebe, Nicholas J ^a   Mechler, Ferenc ^b   Carandini, Matteo ^c   Ferster, David ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPIKE WAVE; VISUAL CORTEX; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATCH CLAMP; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 11344266251     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1310     Document Type: Article

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