Independence of luminance and contrast in natural scenes and in the early visual system

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1690-1697

  Mante, Valerio ^a   Frazor, Robert A ^a,b   Bonin, Vincent ^a   Geisler, Wilson S ^b   Carandini, Matteo ^a  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; IMAGE DISPLAY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; LIGHT ADAPTATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; LUMINANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; GENICULATE BODIES; LIGHTING; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 28044448731     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1556     Document Type: Article

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