A possible mechanism of zero-crossing detection using the concept of the extended classical receptive field of retinal ganglion cells

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Ghosh, K ^a   Sarkar, S ^a   Bhaumik, K ^a  

^a SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DATA PROCESSING; FUNCTIONS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; PHYSIOLOGY; WAVE FILTERS;

EXTENDED CLASSICAL RECEPTION FIELD (ECRF); GANGLION CELLS; LAPLACIAN OF GAUSSIAN (LOG);

CELLS;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LETTER; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPECTROSCOPY; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 23044480600     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-005-0580-0     Document Type: Article

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