The spatial filtering properties of local edge detectors and brisk-sustained retinal ganglion cells

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2016-2026

  Zeck, Günther M ^a   Xiao, Quan ^a   Masland, Richard H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ganglion; Local edge detector; Retina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRISK SUSTAINED GANGLION CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOCAL EDGE DETECTING GANGLION CELL; MICROELECTRODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MICE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RABBITS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 27644575965     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04390.x     Document Type: Article

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