Dependence of visual cell properties on intracortical synapses among hypercolumns: Analysis by a computer model

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 291-310

  Ursino, Mauro ^a   Cara, Giuseppe Emiliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complex cells; Intracortical synapses; Receptive fields; Simple cells; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TUNING;

COMPLEX CELLS; FIELD ORIENTATION; HYPERCOLUMNS; INTRACORTICAL SYNAPSIS; ORIENTATION-TUNING; PROPERTY; RECEPTIVE FIELDS; SIMPLE CELL; VISUAL CELLS; VISUAL CORTEXES;

CELLS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BRAIN CELL; CELL TYPE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RELIABILITY; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS; TUNING CURVE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 33644499172     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10827-005-2491-4     Document Type: Article

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