Amplification of trial-to-trial response variability by neurons in visual cortex

PLoS Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Carandini, Matteo ^a  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR MODEL; NERVE CELL; NOISE; NONHUMAN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL CORTEX; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CAT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GUINEA PIG; KINETICS; METABOLISM; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATS; CELL MEMBRANE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; GUINEA PIGS; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEURONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 19344372492     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020264     Document Type: Article

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