Circuits that build visual cortical receptive fields

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-39

  Hirsch, Judith A ^a   Martinez, Luis M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CAT; CELL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; LUMINANCE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULUS; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CATS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 30344444763     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2005.11.001     Document Type: Review

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